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carelessness in English:

1. negligence


The opposition accused the prime minister of negligence.
The accident stemmed from her negligence.
This negligence is your fault!
What if I suspect medical negligence?
This failure was brought about by your own negligence.
There's no room for excuses when it comes to your negligence, is there?
Who commits the same error twice is guilty of negligence.
His former employers accused him of gross negligence.
These children have been victims of negligence for too long.
Among other common reasons for breaking up are housing problems, infidelity, negligence towards familiy duties, a conflict of values and, above all, alcohol abuse which riuns family life and leads to quarrels and acts od violence.
He didn't clean the whole room due to his negligence.
Definition negligence is not being careful enough, with the result that something is damaged or someone is injured
gross negligence, professional negligence
an unreasonable determination of comparative negligence
I'm displeased at your negligence.

English word "carelessness"(negligence) occurs in sets:

prawo cywilne cześć ogólna i rodzinne
K 5.1 Contracts & Torts
K 4.2 Property law
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2. careless


The loss resulting from careless work is very serious.
The car crashed because the driver was careless.
a careless driver
Only one careless mistake cost the company millions of dollars.
Careless as she was, she could never pass an examination.
Tatoeba: Where nothing ruins a passionate night of sentence-making like a poorly placed comma or, even worse, a careless typo.
My mother told me to do a careless job of it.
Keeping Mario in a state in which he can throw fireballs is a delicate process; that newfound power sometimes makes one cocky and careless.
Confused by her careless mistake, she burst into tears.
We shall never agree on such a careless plan.
not taking or ​showing enough ​care and ​attention: My son's ​teacher says that his ​work is often ​rather careless.
Don't be so careless about/with spelling. / a careless driver / She gave a careless shrug.
She was careless with money, so now she's in trouble financially.
If you weren't careless, your word processor wouldn't break down.
Mr Johnson was concerned about the amount of money that was being lost because of careless management.

English word "carelessness"(careless) occurs in sets:

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