different between uninterested vs negligent

English

Alternative forms

• uninteressed (obsolete)

Etymology

un- +? interested

Adjective

uninterested (comparative more uninterested, superlative most uninterested)

1. (obsolete) Unmotivated by personal interest; unbiased, disinterested.
2. Not interested; indifferent, not concerned.

   I was uninterested in the TV program, so I read a book instead.

Translations

See also

• disinterested

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?