Vocabulary
Negligent
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
failing to take proper care over something.
Urdu meaning
بے پروا، غافل، غیر محتاط عاقل
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Strict and action must also be taken against negligent officials.
Dawn Editorials —
TB drugs shortage
— 2026-03-15
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Either the IMF is a witting party to this regime-supporting and systemlegitimising operation, or it has been completely negligent in its fiduciary responsibility to ordinary citizens of a member country.
Dawn Editorials —
Trapped in sham austerity
— 2026-01-03
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The state made sure there was never a lawsuit against its own criminally negligent officials and that the gutwrenching oppression will continue for the next 78 years.
Dawn Editorials —
The last pit
— 2025-10-04
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Their rights and liberties are trampled upon by organised criminal gangs while the local bureaucracy and police remain criminally negligent or complicit.
Dawn Editorials —
Curse of the `old normal`
— 2025-06-28
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An overconfident and negligent pilot tried to descend sharply from an unusual height close to the airport, apparently disregarding repeated advice from air traffic control to descend gradually by taking another round.
Dawn Editorials —
Seat 1C: a second chance
— 2025-05-16
Synonyms
careless, failing to take proper care, remiss, neglectful, lax, irresponsible, inattentive
Antonyms
careful, attentive, conscientious
Curator example
“the council had been negligent in its supervision of the children in care”
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