Definition of "negligence" []

• The state or quality of being negligent. (noun)
• A negligent act or a failure to act. (noun)
• Law Failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to another party. (noun)

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• "But the general idea here, when you hear the term negligence is a lack of care, a lack of reasonable behavior on the part of the owners here."
• "Retired marine General Tony Zinni says in the lead up to the war, he witnessed what he called negligence, irresponsibility, lying, incompetence and corruption."
• "The injured ANP workers criticised what they called negligence of police and security personnel deployed at the function and termed the incident a security lapse."