negligent
(adjective) characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; “negligent parents”; “negligent of detail”; “negligent in his correspondence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
negligent (comparative more negligent, superlative most negligent)
Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.
(legal) Culpable due to negligence.
• See also careless
Source: Wiktionary
Neg"li*gent, a. Etym: [F. négligent, L. negligens,p.pr. of negligere. See Neglect.]
Definition: 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. He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. Rambler.
Syn.
– Careles; heedless; neglectful; regardless; thoughtless; indifferent; inattentive; remiss.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
