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nonchalance collapse: the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern

disregard collapse: willful lack of care and attention; lack of attention and due care

malpractice collapse: a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct; "he charged them with electoral malpractices"; professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage; "the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice"

slight collapse: almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"; pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"

wrongdoing collapse: activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing"

absentmindedness collapse: preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored

implicated collapse: culpably involved; "all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified"; "named three officials implicated in the plot"; "an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime"

lapse collapse: a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"; drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards; end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"; let slip; "He lapsed his membership"

nonobservance collapse: a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.

blameworthy collapse: deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence"

shallowness collapse: the quality of lacking physical depth; "take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive"

amiss collapse: in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; "if you think him guilty you judge amiss"; "he spoke amiss"; "no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly"

flippancy collapse: inappropriate levity; "her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy"

distraction collapse: the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection"; mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction"; an obstacle to attention

failure collapse: an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"; an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"; an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure"; a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently; loss of ability to function normally; "kidney failure"; lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"

misconduct collapse: bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

listlessness collapse: inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy

relaxation collapse: a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount; an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"; (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance; (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers

neglect collapse: the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"; leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"; fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"; give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"

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