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negligence

nounid 3338·updated May 9, 2026
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Failure to take proper care of something.

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

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Variants

synonym
neglect
alternatephrasing
Negligence
plural
negligences
possessive
negligence's
pluralpossessive
negligences'

Framework definitions

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →
§1
Failure to take proper care of something.
Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
§2
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

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