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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