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negligence: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances; the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

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nonperformance collapse

noninterference collapse

inadvertence collapse

permissiveness collapse: a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

laxness collapse: the quality of being lax and neglectful; the condition of being physiologically lax; "baths can help the laxness of the bowels"

inattention collapse: lack of attention

shiftlessness collapse: a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition

procrastination collapse: the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

improvidence collapse: a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources

misguidance collapse

indiscrimination collapse

laxity collapse

nonfeasance collapse: a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do

dereliction collapse: willful negligence

misdirection collapse: incorrect directions or instructions; an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge

mishandling collapse

mismanagement collapse: management that is careless or inefficient; "he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies"

oversight collapse: a mistake resulting from inattention; an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something

inobservance collapse

standard deviation collapse: the square root of the variance

nonfulfillment collapse

incuriosity collapse

looseness collapse: movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel"; the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints; a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice; "misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression"; freedom from restraint; "the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made"

loosening collapse: the act of making something less tight

messiness collapse

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

misrule collapse

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"

default collapse: loss due to not showing up; "he lost the game by default"; act of failing to meet a financial obligation; fail to pay up

laissez faire collapse

hastiness collapse: hasty impulsiveness

defalcation collapse: the sum of money that is misappropriated

unconcern collapse: a feeling of lack of concern

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

inexpedience collapse: the quality of being unsuited to the end in view

squalor collapse

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

noncompliance collapse

omission collapse: a mistake resulting from neglect; neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something; any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases; something that has been omitted; "she searched the table for omissions"

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

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