different between negligent vs carefree

English

Etymology

From Middle English necligent, negligent, from Old French negligent, from Latin neglig?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??.l?.d??nt/

Adjective

negligent (comparative more negligent, superlative most negligent)

1. Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.
2. (law) Culpable due to negligence.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:careless

Related terms

• negligence

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin neglig?ns.

Adjective

negligent (masculine and feminine plural negligents)

1. negligent

Related terms

• negligència
• negligir

Further reading

• “negligent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “negligent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “negligent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “negligent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Verb

negligent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of neglig?

English

Etymology

care +? -free

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??f?i?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k???f?i/
• Rhymes: -i?
• Hyphenation: care?free

Adjective

carefree (comparative more carefree, superlative most carefree)

1. Without cares or worries; free of concern or worries; without difficulty.

Derived terms

• carefreedom
• carefreely
• carefreeness

Translations