'Negligent' definitions:
Definition of 'negligent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence" [ant: diligent]
Definition of 'Negligent'
From: GCIDE
- Negligent \Neg"li*gent\, a. [F. n['e]gligent, L. negligens,p. pr. of negligere. See Neglect.] Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order. "Be thou negligent of fame." --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Careles; heedless; neglectful; regardless; thoughtless; indifferent; inattentive; remiss. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'negligent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apathetic,
- approximate,
- approximative,
- ataractic,
- beat-up,
- bedraggled,
- behindhand,
- blase,
- blowzy,
- botched,
- bungled,
- butchered,
- careless,
- casual,
- chintzy,
- culpably negligent,
- delinquent,
- derelict,
- devil-may-care,
- dilapidated,
- disinterested,
- dispassionate,
- disregardant,
- disregardful,
- distracted,
- distrait,
- drabbletailed,
- draggled,
- draggletailed,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- feckless,
- frowzy,
- frumpish,
- frumpy,
- fumbled,
- grasshopper,
- grubby,
- happy-go-lucky,
- heedless,
- ill-advised,
- ill-considered,
- ill-contrived,
- ill-devised,
- ill-done,
- ill-executed,
- ill-managed,
- impolitic,
- impotent,
- imprecise,
- improvident,
- in rags,
- inaccurate,
- inadvertent,
- inattentive,
- inconsiderate,
- inconstant,
- incorrect,
- incurious,
- indifferent,
- inexact,
- inexcitable,
- informal,
- inobservant,
- insouciant,
- lackadaisical,
- laissez-faire,
- lax,
- lenient,
- listless,
- loose,
- lumpen,
- messy,
- mindless,
- misconducted,
- misdirected,
- misguided,
- mismanaged,
- muffed,
- murdered,
- mussy,
- neglectful,
- neglecting,
- nonadherent,
- nonchalant,
- noncompliant,
- nonconforming,
- noninterfering,
- nonobservant,
- nonrestrictive,
- off-guard,
- out of line,
- out of plumb,
- out of square,
- out of true,
- overindulgent,
- overly permissive,
- overpermissive,
- perfunctory,
- permissive,
- pococurante,
- poky,
- procrastinating,
- ragged,
- raggedy,
- reckless,
- regardless,
- relaxed,
- remiss,
- ruinous,
- scamping,
- scraggly,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- shiftless,
- shoddy,
- skimping,
- slack,
- slatternly,
- slighting,
- slipshod,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- slurring,
- sluttish,
- soft,
- sordid,
- spoiled,
- squalid,
- tacky,
- tattered,
- thoughtless,
- thriftless,
- turned-off,
- unanxious,
- uncircumspect,
- uncompliant,
- unconcerned,
- unconforming,
- undiscriminating,
- uneconomical,
- unfactual,
- unfaithful,
- unguarded,
- unheedful,
- unheeding,
- uninterested,
- unkempt,
- unloyal,
- unmarking,
- unmindful,
- unneat,
- unnoticing,
- unnoting,
- unobservant,
- unobserving,
- unprecise,
- unproviding,
- unremarking,
- unrestrained,
- unrigorous,
- unsightly,
- unsolicitous,
- unthinking,
- unthrifty,
- untidy,
- untrue,
- unwary,
- unwatchful,
- weak