negligent

negligent
adjective
  1. failing to take proper care over something
    疏忽的,玩忽的;忽略的
    the council had been negligent in its supervision of the children in care.
    委员会一直疏于监护收容的孩子。
派生
negligently
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin negligent- 'disregarding', from the verb negligere (variant of neglegere 'disregard, slight': see neglect)
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