🇬🇧🇪🇸 negligence - negligencia : English Lesson

Meaning of "negligence" ("negligencia"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Negligence is when someone doesn’t take the care or do the important things they’re supposed to do, and that carelessness can cause problems. It’s not just a small mistake; it’s when a person should have paid attention or taken action, but they didn’t, even though they knew (or should have known) better.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Because of my negligence, I watered my fake plants instead of the real ones, and now only the plastic garden looks happy.

Thanks to my negligence, I left my sandwich in my backpack all summer; now it’s a new species of lunch mold.

The superhero’s laundry negligence meant his cape smelled so bad the villains surrendered from a safe distance.

Dad blamed his negligence for forgetting the noodles on the stove until they turned into a crunchy science project.

In real life, negligence is so serious that in many countries people can get in big legal trouble if their carelessness hurts someone.

Tom’s negligence left the campfire glowing; his negligence let a wind lift a spark; a small negligence in his care left the dry pile. Neighbors smelled smoke and ran in. The shed caught fire. Tom felt deep shame, admitted his negligence, fixed the shed, apologized, and vowed never to let negligence harm anyone again.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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