Definition of Negligence

neglect; inattention

Examples of Negligence in a sentence

The parent’s negligence resulted in their children being taken from their care and placed in a safer home.  

Because of the daycare worker’s negligence, the baby fell off of the changing table.  

Negligence and inattentiveness to the road caused the big rig driver to crash his truck.  

Negligence at the hands of hospital workers caused several patients to die this year.  

Defending his client in a negligence suit, the attorney worked to prove that the teacher was not careless or inattentive to her students.  

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