negligencen.

Brit.

/ˈnɛɡlᵻdʒ(ə)ns/, U.S.

/ˈnɛɡlədʒ(ə)ns/

Forms: Middle English necclygence, Middle English necgligence, Middle English necgligens, Middle English necgligense, Middle English necglygence, Middle English neckegennce (transmission error), Middle English neclegens, Middle English necligencce, Middle English necligense, Middle English negcligence (transmission error), Middle English neglegence, Middle English negligens, Middle English neglygens, Middle English nekligence, Middle English neligens (transmission error), Middle English–1500s neccligence, Middle English–1500s neclegence, Middle English–1500s neclygens, Middle English–1500s negligens, Middle English–1500s neglygence, Middle English–1600s necligence, Middle English–1600s neclygence, Middle English– negligence, 1500s necclygence, 1500s neckclygens, 1500s neckelygence, 1500s–1700s nigligence, 1600s necclegence, 1600s necklygence, 1600s niclygence; Scottish pre-1700 necgligence, pre-1700 neclegenes, pre-1700 necligence, pre-1700 necligens, pre-1700 neclygence, pre-1700 neglegens, pre-1700 negliegence, pre-1700 negligens, pre-1700 1700s– negligence.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French negligence; Latin negligentia.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French negligence (first half of 12th cent. in Old French in sense ‘lack of care’; also in Anglo-Norman as neccligence , necgligence , necligence ; French négligence ) or its etymon classical Latin negligentia, necligentia, variants of neglegentia, neclegentia lack of care, carelessness, neglect < negligent- , neglegent- (see negligent adj.) + -ia -y suffix³; compare -ence suffix.

a. Lack of attention to what ought to be done; failure to take proper or necessary care of a thing or person; lack of necessary or reasonable care in doing something; carelessness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence

negligence1351

lashness1477

uncarefulness1567

oscitancy1609

neglect1610

neglectiveness1621

oscitation1656

neglectfulness1693

laches1844

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > instance of

negligence1351

lachesa1393

oscitancy1649

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > neglect > of something

recklessnessOE

negligence1351

unconsiderance1546

neglect1597

wretchlessness1630

1351 in Statutes of Realm (1810) I. 317 (MED) He is bounden..to cause the same to be kept as the Law of his Realm, though that by Sufferance and Negligence it hath been sithence attempted to the contrary.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 102^v Noþing lettiþ more help of sekemen þan vnkonnynge and necligense [L. negligentia] of phisiciens.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 96 Bi..necligence of prelatis is mannis lawe medlid wiþ Goddis lawe.

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton F vij b Lucan sayth that alle delayeng and neglygence oughte to be sette a parte.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1626 By hys owne neglygence takyn prysonere.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 181 I impute that to the neglygence or rather ignorance of the printers.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. v. sig. K.v/1 It is abhominable to see the negligence of maisters in teaching their schollers.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 115 The Haven of this City..by negligence is growne of no use.

1676 W. Temple Let. in Wks. (1720) II. 410 I believe, it may have been only Negligence.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iv. 75 By Persons own Negligence and Folly in their temporal Affairs.

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 800 Those whose negligence or sloth Exposed their inexperience to the snare.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xv. 337 The people..complained of want of land. This is partly owing to their own negligence in not clearing the woods.

1899 K. Chopin Awakening xv. 110 She began to set the toilet-stand to rights, grumbling at the negligence of the quadroon, who was in the adjoining room.

1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xxiv. 233 The man who loses sight of the tall stranger..will pay for his negligence with his life.

1961 E. Taylor In Summer Season (1973) i. ii. 54 Leaving things lying about—a habit of infuriating negligence.

1992 Holiday Which? Jan. 44/2 The Dom José, where a drinks machine blocks the escape route, one of nine hotels where negligence had resulted in obstructions.

b. Law. Not doing what a reasonable person would do, or doing what a reasonable person would not do; failure to carry out a legally imposed duty of care; lack of reasonable care.See also contributory negligence at contributory adj. 2, criminal negligence n. at criminal adj. and n. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > negligence, etc.

lachesa1325

temerarity1475

nonfeasancea1626

negligencea1691

culpa1861

1648 J. Cooke Unum Necessarium 62 If we hurt any through Ignorance or negligence, an Action upon the Case lyes against him.]

a1691 P. Ventris Rep. (1696) i. 191 The Court inclined strongly for the Defendant, there being not the least negligence in him.

1738 Cases King's Bench William III 152 It is found to have been by his Negligence.

1823 W. P. Taunton Rep. Court Common Pleas 8 145 The only question in the cause was, whether the Defendants had conducted themselves with gross negligence.

1884 Ld. Esher in Law Times Rep. 73 616/2 (note) The deceased was also guilty of negligence or of want of reasonable care contributing to the accident.

1936 G. Greene This Gun for Hire ii. 87 The court brought it in wilful negligence, so they didn't give him a tanner.

1949 C. H. S. Fifoot Hist. & Sources Common Law viii. 164 By the beginning of the eighteenth century the judges were familiar with the name and idea of negligence... It was, however, too early to speak boldly of an action of negligence.

1987 Which? Aug. 400/1 We drafted a letter for Mr Larsen to send to the other driver's insurance company saying that the accident was clearly caused by negligence on the part of their insured.

†2.

a. Disregard or neglect of something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or heedlessness

rechelesteOE

yemelestc897

recklessnessOE

unbeseyness?c1225

yemeleaschipec1230

unmindinga1382

negligencec1390

rechelesshipc1390

recklessheadc1410

unadvertance1483

unheediness1486

unmindfulnessa1500

non-advertencec1540

carelessness1561

inadvertence1568

heedlessness1581

unheedfulness1586

inadvertency1592

inobservance1611

regardlessness1611

indiligence1636

unattentivenessa1649

inanimadvertency1650

non-advertency1653

unadvertency1655

inanimadvertence1656

disregard1661

inanimadversion1676

non-attendancya1677

inobservancy1677

unattention1691

inattention1710

inobservation1727

inattentiveness1753

tentlessness1883

c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 272 In as muche as th.ou wolt not tende to hem for necclygence of þi-self.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 5399 (MED) He smote hym to þe herte..þat ded he fil doun..Þoruȝ necligence only of his shelde.

1482 Monk of Evesham 78 The..peynys that thes thre ware in, was for the neglygens of soulys the whiche they had cure of.

1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 135 Considering our negligence of historicall Poems.

1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 72 To finde out a Rule..is very difficult; By reason of the Negligence of Observations.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires iii. 33 Charge the Crime, On Native Sloth, and negligence of time.

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. i. 24 There is a manifest Negligence in Men of their real Happiness.

1751 S. Richardson Rambler No. 97. ⁋4 To idle amusements, and to negligence of domestic business, to wicked rackets.

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. x. 217 My illness..had been entirely brought on by myself, by such negligence of my own health.

1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. iv. 98 If she revealed my negligence of his orders, he would perhaps be so angry that I should have to leave.

b. Disregard (of a thing or person); neglect. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > neglect

unattendancec1449

nonchaloir1496

negligencya1500

obliviona1500

neglecting1539

misregard1543

forgetfulness1576

neglect1598

negligence1604

neglection1609

neglectiveness1621

disattention1624

disregarding1659

slightiness1662

disregard1733

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [noun] > disrespect by disregarding

neglecting1539

misregard1543

neglect1598

non-regardancea1616

slightinga1640

unregarda1656

slight1701

negligence1778

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > neglect > of a person

negligence1778

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 132 Both the worlds I giue to negligence, Let come what comes.

1778 F. Burney Evelina III. vii. 76 It is impossible for negligence to be more pointed, than that of Lord Merton to me.

3. Originally: careless indifference, as in appearance or dress, or in literary or artistic style. Later: freedom from artificiality or restraint. Also: an instance of this. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > in appearance

negligencea1450

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [noun] > naturalness

negligence1665

unaffectedness1685

nature1715

naturalnessa1719

a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) 4859 Grete negligence Was neuer founden In his persone.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Stans Puer (Laud) in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 741 Drynk nat brydeled for haste nor necligencce.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 93 Wyde sleifes of negligence hinging doune evin to thair knies.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. Introd. Pref. sig. A8^v Most of the following Papers, being written for my own private Amusement, a good deal of Negligence in them may appear..pardonable.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 149 T'affect the purest Negligences In Gestures, Gaits, and Miens.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 119. ¶2 Nothing is so modish as an agreeable Negligence.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. x. 445 The coldness and negligence with which it is drawn.

1843 J. G. Whittier Ego 12 Hence my pen unfettered moves In freedom which the heart approves, The negligence which friendship loves.

1876 H. James Roderick Hudson iii. 95 The artist's negligence of all such small picturesque accessories as might serve to label his figure to a vulgar apprehension.

1977 V. S. Pritchett Gentle Barbarian xi. 196 In spite of the negligence of her attire and her irritable manner, she struck me as before, as attractive.

4. An instance of inattention or carelessness; a negligent act; a careless omission.

ΚΠ

c1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 537 A ful gret necligence Was yt to the, that ylke tyme thou made ‘Hyd, Absolon, thy tresses’.

1509 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 108 Prayng my ordinary to excuse my conscyens for alle necclygencys.

1526 Pylgrimage of Perfection (de Worde) f. 133^v O, how they wyll wayle and wepe theyr negligences.

1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe ii. sig. B3 O that we would do so in vertue, and religious negligences.

1677 T. Otway Cheats of Scapin ii. i, in Titus & Berenice 44 The remissness, negligences, frailties, and huge and perillous Errours, which his Substitutes, Servants, or Trustees, may be capable of.

1740 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature III. iii. 265 No one will deny, that a negligence in this particular is a fault.

1799 H. Neuman Family Distress p. iv It is Shakespeare, without his quibbles, his negligences, his incongruities, his violations of the most indispensible dramatic probabilities, yet, still rich in all those energies of genius.

1865 C. J. Vaughan Plain Words (1866) xi. 199 I speak not of those daily negligences which belong to another subject.

1940 D. Hardy tr. A. Koestler Darkness at Noon iii. iv. 215 Workers were shot..because of some trifling negligence caused by over-tiredness.

1973 G. Ryle On Thinking (1982) vii. 106 I may be punished for my negligences as well as for my active misdeeds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	negligence
释义	negligencen. Brit. /ˈnɛɡlᵻdʒ(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˈnɛɡlədʒ(ə)ns/ Forms: Middle English necclygence, Middle English necgligence, Middle English necgligens, Middle English necgligense, Middle English necglygence, Middle English neckegennce (transmission error), Middle English neclegens, Middle English necligencce, Middle English necligense, Middle English negcligence (transmission error), Middle English neglegence, Middle English negligens, Middle English neglygens, Middle English nekligence, Middle English neligens (transmission error), Middle English–1500s neccligence, Middle English–1500s neclegence, Middle English–1500s neclygens, Middle English–1500s negligens, Middle English–1500s neglygence, Middle English–1600s necligence, Middle English–1600s neclygence, Middle English– negligence, 1500s necclygence, 1500s neckclygens, 1500s neckelygence, 1500s–1700s nigligence, 1600s necclegence, 1600s necklygence, 1600s niclygence; Scottish pre-1700 necgligence, pre-1700 neclegenes, pre-1700 necligence, pre-1700 necligens, pre-1700 neclygence, pre-1700 neglegens, pre-1700 negliegence, pre-1700 negligens, pre-1700 1700s– negligence. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French negligence; Latin negligentia. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French negligence (first half of 12th cent. in Old French in sense ‘lack of care’; also in Anglo-Norman as neccligence , necgligence , necligence ; French négligence ) or its etymon classical Latin negligentia, necligentia, variants of neglegentia, neclegentia lack of care, carelessness, neglect < negligent- , neglegent- (see negligent adj.) + -ia -y suffix³; compare -ence suffix. 1. a. Lack of attention to what ought to be done; failure to take proper or necessary care of a thing or person; lack of necessary or reasonable care in doing something; carelessness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence negligence1351 lashness1477 uncarefulness1567 oscitancy1609 neglect1610 neglectiveness1621 oscitation1656 neglectfulness1693 laches1844 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > instance of negligence1351 lachesa1393 oscitancy1649 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > neglect > of something recklessnessOE negligence1351 unconsiderance1546 neglect1597 wretchlessness1630 1351 in Statutes of Realm (1810) I. 317 (MED) He is bounden..to cause the same to be kept as the Law of his Realm, though that by Sufferance and Negligence it hath been sithence attempted to the contrary. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 102^v Noþing lettiþ more help of sekemen þan vnkonnynge and necligense [L. negligentia] of phisiciens. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 96 Bi..necligence of prelatis is mannis lawe medlid wiþ Goddis lawe. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton F vij b Lucan sayth that alle delayeng and neglygence oughte to be sette a parte. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1626 By hys owne neglygence takyn prysonere. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 181 I impute that to the neglygence or rather ignorance of the printers. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. v. sig. K.v/1 It is abhominable to see the negligence of maisters in teaching their schollers. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 115 The Haven of this City..by negligence is growne of no use. 1676 W. Temple Let. in Wks. (1720) II. 410 I believe, it may have been only Negligence. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iv. 75 By Persons own Negligence and Folly in their temporal Affairs. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 800 Those whose negligence or sloth Exposed their inexperience to the snare. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xv. 337 The people..complained of want of land. This is partly owing to their own negligence in not clearing the woods. 1899 K. Chopin Awakening xv. 110 She began to set the toilet-stand to rights, grumbling at the negligence of the quadroon, who was in the adjoining room. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xxiv. 233 The man who loses sight of the tall stranger..will pay for his negligence with his life. 1961 E. Taylor In Summer Season (1973) i. ii. 54 Leaving things lying about—a habit of infuriating negligence. 1992 Holiday Which? Jan. 44/2 The Dom José, where a drinks machine blocks the escape route, one of nine hotels where negligence had resulted in obstructions. b. Law. Not doing what a reasonable person would do, or doing what a reasonable person would not do; failure to carry out a legally imposed duty of care; lack of reasonable care.See also contributory negligence at contributory adj. 2, criminal negligence n. at criminal adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > negligence, etc. lachesa1325 temerarity1475 nonfeasancea1626 negligencea1691 culpa1861 1648 J. Cooke Unum Necessarium 62 If we hurt any through Ignorance or negligence, an Action upon the Case lyes against him.] a1691 P. Ventris Rep. (1696) i. 191 The Court inclined strongly for the Defendant, there being not the least negligence in him. 1738 Cases King's Bench William III 152 It is found to have been by his Negligence. 1823 W. P. Taunton Rep. Court Common Pleas 8 145 The only question in the cause was, whether the Defendants had conducted themselves with gross negligence. 1884 Ld. Esher in Law Times Rep. 73 616/2 (note) The deceased was also guilty of negligence or of want of reasonable care contributing to the accident. 1936 G. Greene This Gun for Hire ii. 87 The court brought it in wilful negligence, so they didn't give him a tanner. 1949 C. H. S. Fifoot Hist. & Sources Common Law viii. 164 By the beginning of the eighteenth century the judges were familiar with the name and idea of negligence... It was, however, too early to speak boldly of an action of negligence. 1987 Which? Aug. 400/1 We drafted a letter for Mr Larsen to send to the other driver's insurance company saying that the accident was clearly caused by negligence on the part of their insured. †2. a. Disregard or neglect of something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or heedlessness rechelesteOE yemelestc897 recklessnessOE unbeseyness?c1225 yemeleaschipec1230 unmindinga1382 negligencec1390 rechelesshipc1390 recklessheadc1410 unadvertance1483 unheediness1486 unmindfulnessa1500 non-advertencec1540 carelessness1561 inadvertence1568 heedlessness1581 unheedfulness1586 inadvertency1592 inobservance1611 regardlessness1611 indiligence1636 unattentivenessa1649 inanimadvertency1650 non-advertency1653 unadvertency1655 inanimadvertence1656 disregard1661 inanimadversion1676 non-attendancya1677 inobservancy1677 unattention1691 inattention1710 inobservation1727 inattentiveness1753 tentlessness1883 c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 272 In as muche as th.ou wolt not tende to hem for necclygence of þi-self. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 5399 (MED) He smote hym to þe herte..þat ded he fil doun..Þoruȝ necligence only of his shelde. 1482 Monk of Evesham 78 The..peynys that thes thre ware in, was for the neglygens of soulys the whiche they had cure of. 1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 135 Considering our negligence of historicall Poems. 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 72 To finde out a Rule..is very difficult; By reason of the Negligence of Observations. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires iii. 33 Charge the Crime, On Native Sloth, and negligence of time. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. i. 24 There is a manifest Negligence in Men of their real Happiness. 1751 S. Richardson Rambler No. 97. ⁋4 To idle amusements, and to negligence of domestic business, to wicked rackets. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. x. 217 My illness..had been entirely brought on by myself, by such negligence of my own health. View more context for this quotation 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. iv. 98 If she revealed my negligence of his orders, he would perhaps be so angry that I should have to leave. b. Disregard (of a thing or person); neglect. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > neglect unattendancec1449 nonchaloir1496 negligencya1500 obliviona1500 neglecting1539 misregard1543 forgetfulness1576 neglect1598 negligence1604 neglection1609 neglectiveness1621 disattention1624 disregarding1659 slightiness1662 disregard1733 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [noun] > disrespect by disregarding neglecting1539 misregard1543 neglect1598 non-regardancea1616 slightinga1640 unregarda1656 slight1701 negligence1778 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > neglect > of a person negligence1778 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 132 Both the worlds I giue to negligence, Let come what comes. View more context for this quotation 1778 F. Burney Evelina III. vii. 76 It is impossible for negligence to be more pointed, than that of Lord Merton to me. 3. Originally: careless indifference, as in appearance or dress, or in literary or artistic style. Later: freedom from artificiality or restraint. Also: an instance of this. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > in appearance negligencea1450 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [noun] > naturalness negligence1665 unaffectedness1685 nature1715 naturalnessa1719 a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) 4859 Grete negligence Was neuer founden In his persone. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Stans Puer (Laud) in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 741 Drynk nat brydeled for haste nor necligencce. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 93 Wyde sleifes of negligence hinging doune evin to thair knies. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. Introd. Pref. sig. A8^v Most of the following Papers, being written for my own private Amusement, a good deal of Negligence in them may appear..pardonable. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 149 T'affect the purest Negligences In Gestures, Gaits, and Miens. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 119. ¶2 Nothing is so modish as an agreeable Negligence. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. x. 445 The coldness and negligence with which it is drawn. 1843 J. G. Whittier Ego 12 Hence my pen unfettered moves In freedom which the heart approves, The negligence which friendship loves. 1876 H. James Roderick Hudson iii. 95 The artist's negligence of all such small picturesque accessories as might serve to label his figure to a vulgar apprehension. 1977 V. S. Pritchett Gentle Barbarian xi. 196 In spite of the negligence of her attire and her irritable manner, she struck me as before, as attractive. 4. An instance of inattention or carelessness; a negligent act; a careless omission. ΚΠ c1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 537 A ful gret necligence Was yt to the, that ylke tyme thou made ‘Hyd, Absolon, thy tresses’. 1509 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 108 Prayng my ordinary to excuse my conscyens for alle necclygencys. 1526 Pylgrimage of Perfection (de Worde) f. 133^v O, how they wyll wayle and wepe theyr negligences. 1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe ii. sig. B3 O that we would do so in vertue, and religious negligences. 1677 T. Otway Cheats of Scapin ii. i, in Titus & Berenice 44 The remissness, negligences, frailties, and huge and perillous Errours, which his Substitutes, Servants, or Trustees, may be capable of. 1740 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature III. iii. 265 No one will deny, that a negligence in this particular is a fault. 1799 H. Neuman Family Distress p. iv It is Shakespeare, without his quibbles, his negligences, his incongruities, his violations of the most indispensible dramatic probabilities, yet, still rich in all those energies of genius. 1865 C. J. Vaughan Plain Words (1866) xi. 199 I speak not of those daily negligences which belong to another subject. 1940 D. Hardy tr. A. Koestler Darkness at Noon iii. iv. 215 Workers were shot..because of some trifling negligence caused by over-tiredness. 1973 G. Ryle On Thinking (1982) vii. 106 I may be punished for my negligences as well as for my active misdeeds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1351
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