Both Uses of
negligent
in
Pride and Prejudice
- She examined into their employments, looked at their work, and advised them to do it differently; found fault with the arrangement of the furniture; or detected the housemaid in negligence; and if she accepted any refreshment, seemed to do it only for the sake of finding out that Mrs. Collins's joints of meat were too large for her family.†
p. 165.3negligence = insufficient care or attention
- His family knew him to be, on all common occasions, a most negligent and dilatory correspondent; but at such a time they had hoped for exertion.†
p. 279.1 *
Definition:
insufficient care or attention (not being careful enough or not trying hard enough to fulfill a responsibility)