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Narrator: Today's word is "Negligence" — noun, pronounced /ˈnɛɡlɪdʒəns/, with the stress on "neg".
Narrator: Negligence is the failure to take proper care, resulting in damage or harm.
Narrator: In plain English, negligence is carelessness — like a driver's negligence causing an accident.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin negligentia, meaning carelessness, from neglegere, to disregard.
Narrator: "Professional negligence" describes a professional's failure to meet standards, causing harm.
Narrator: It differs from carelessness because negligence is a legal term, whereas carelessness is everyday.
Narrator: "Gross negligence" is a sense meaning extreme failure to care, a serious legal charge.
Narrator: Law, medicine, insurance, workplace and everyday speech all rely on the word negligence.
Narrator: So remember: negligence is failure to care, from the Latin for carelessness.
Speaker A: What is negligence?
Speaker B: Failure to care! NEGLIGENCE comes from the Latin negligentia, carelessness, from neglegere, to disregard, so it means failing to take proper care.
Speaker A: So a driver's negligence can cause an accident?
Speaker B: Yes — through carelessness!
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Professional negligence"; "gross negligence"; "charged with negligence" — standards, severity and law.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Don't confuse negligence with neglect, because negligence is the noun for carelessness, while neglect is the verb.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: 'Carelessness' the general cousin, 'oversight' the formal twin, 'lapse' the momentary alternative. The word keeps its careless charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "negligence" in AI prompts — useful for legal apps and insurance tools.
Speaker A: So a prompt could frame law?
Speaker B: Right. For a legal app, you'd write:
Prompt: Write a short guide to negligence in law, naming two elements.
Speaker A: How about an insurance tool?
Speaker B: Ask the model to advise:
Prompt: Draft a guide to negligence claims, naming two steps.
Speaker A: Could it help with a medical bot?
Speaker B: Yes, you can frame care:
Prompt: Summarise in two sentences what medical negligence means, naming one example.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: For a workplace chatbot, try this:
Prompt: Write a short note on preventing workplace negligence, naming one measure.
Negligence — meaning in Arabic & definition More N courses GL Dictionary