Synonyms

1. neglect
2. neglectfulness

Sentence Examples

1. During the whole period of my being thus employed, I endured the most terrible distress from difficulty of respiration, and bitterly did I repent the negligence or rather fool-hardiness, of which I had been guilty, of putting off to the last moment a matter of so much importance.
2. An error I readily forgive, but wilful negligence or forgetfulness, never.
3. In other words, if the debris strike had actually destroyed the hold, and they could recover the bodies, she would be charged with negligence and serve a year on a low security prison world.
4. Lothario said, too, that every married man should have some friend who would point out to him any negligence he might be guilty of in his conduct, for it will sometimes happen that owing to the deep affection the husband bears his wife either he does not caution her, or, not to vex her, refrains from telling her to do or not to do certain things, doing or avoiding which may be a matter of honour or reproach to him and errors of this kind he could easily correct if warned by a friend.
5. Any admittance of negligence would give them just the excuse they needed to undermine his authority.
6. He exhibits an unforgivable negligence in the editing of his texts, disregarding the duds that are right under his nose.