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Showing words for NEGLIGENT using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Negligent

negligent

8 Letter Words for Negligent

gentling, gleeting, glenting

7 Letter Words for Negligent

eligent, gentile, getling, gleeing, lenging, lenient, teening, tenline

6 Letter Words for Negligent

eeling, egling, elegit, engilt, engine, geeing, gennel, gennet, gentil, gentle, giglet, gilten, ginete, gingle, ginnel, ginnet, ginnle, ingene, ingent, leeing, lenite, liggen, linget, linnet, linten, nigget, niggle, ningle, teeing, tingle

5 Letter Words for Negligent

eigne, elint, elite, enent, engin, engle, enlit, genet, genie, genin, genit, gilet, gleen, gleet, gleit, glene, glenn, glent, glint, ingle, inlet, innet, intel, intnl, legge, legin, legit, lenin, lenti, liege, ligge, ligne, linen, linge, teleg, tenge, tenne, tinge

4 Letter Words for Negligent

eine, elne, engl, eten, geet, gein, geit, gene, genl, gent, gien, gile, gilt, ging, ginn, gite, glee, gleg, glei, glen, glit, inne, intl, itel, leet, lege, lene, leng, lent, lete, lien, lige, line, ling, linn, lint, lite, neet, nein, nene, nete, neti, nile, nine, teel, teen, tegg, teil, tele, teli, tene, teng, tien, tige, tile, tine, ting

3 Letter Words for Negligent

eeg, eel, een, egg, eli, elt, ene, eng, enl, gee, gel, gen, get, gie, gig, gin, git, glt, gte, igg, ign, ile, ing, inn, int, lee, leg, lei, let, lie, lig, lin, lit, nee, neg, nei, net, nie, nig, nil, nit, nne, tee, teg, tel, ten, tgn, tie, tig, til, tin, tln, tng

Definitions for Negligent

[1] guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty: negligent officials.
[2] lazily careless; offhand: a negligent wave of his manicured hand.
[3] habitually neglecting duties, responsibilities, etc; lacking attention, care, or concern; neglectful
[4] careless or nonchalant

Words related to Negligent

inattentive, lax, inadvertent, sloppy, cursory, delinquent, derelict, forgetful, heedless, inconsiderate, neglectful, nonchalant, offhand, regardless, remiss, slack, slapdash, slipshod, slovenly, thoughtless

Words nearby Negligent

negev, neglect, neglectful, negligee, negligence, negligent, negligible, negotiable, negotiable instrument, negotiant, negotiate

Origin of Negligent

1350–1400; Middle English, variant of necligent < Latin negligent-, necligent-, stem of negligēns, present participle of negligere, variant of neglegere to neglect; see -ent

Other words from Negligent

neg·li·gent·ly , adverb
non·neg·li·gent , adjective
non·neg·li·gent·ly , adverb
o·ver·neg·li·gent , adjective
o·ver·neg·li·gent·ly , adverb
pre·neg·li·gent , adjective
qua·si-neg·li·gent , adjective
su·per·neg·li·gent , adjective
su·per·neg·li·gent·ly , adverb
un·neg·li·gent , adjective

Synonyms for Negligent

inadvertent, inattentive, lax, sloppy, asleep at switch, behindhand, cursory, delinquent, derelict, discinct, disregardful, forgetful, heedless, inconsiderate, incurious, neglectful, nonchalant, offhand, regardless, remiss, slack, slapdash, slipshod, slovenly, thoughtless, unconcerned, unheedful, unmindful, unthinking