Both Uses of
negligent
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- 'Tis perhaps only negligence.†
*negligence = insufficient care or attention
- In 1737, Colonel Spotswood, late governor of Virginia, and then postmaster-general, being dissatisfied with the conduct of his deputy at Philadelphia, respecting some negligence in rendering, and inexactitude of his accounts, took from him the commission and offered it to me.†
Definition:
insufficient care or attention (not being careful enough or not trying hard enough to fulfill a responsibility)