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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
negligence/ˈneɡlɪʤəns/

▶noun failure to take proper care over something.

■ Law breach of a duty of care which results in damage.

– derivatives
negligent adjective,
negligently adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr., or from L. negligentia, from negligere, var. of neglegere (see neglect).

'negligent' also found in these Oxford entries:

derelict - make - malpractice - neglect - negligence - slack - sloven

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