All 4 Uses of
negligent
in
Northanger Abbey
- I have been very negligent—but are you now at leisure to satisfy me in these particulars?†
Chpt 3 *
- Such was the collection of papers (left perhaps, as she could then suppose, by the negligence of a servant in the place whence she had taken them) which had filled her with expectation and alarm, and robbed her of half her night's rest!†
Chpt 22
- "And from these circumstances," he replied (his quick eye fixed on hers), "you infer perhaps the probability of some negligence—some"—(involuntarily she shook her head)—"or it may be—of something still less pardonable."†
Chpt 24
- Concerning the one in question, therefore, I have only to add—aware that the rules of composition forbid the introduction of a character not connected with my fable—that this was the very gentleman whose negligent servant left behind him that collection of washing-bills, resulting from a long visit at Northanger, by which my heroine was involved in one of her most alarming adventures.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(negligent) insufficient care or attention (not being careful enough or not trying hard enough to fulfill a responsibility)