negligence
noun
the company was accused of negligence:
carelessness, lack of care, lack of proper care and attention, dereliction of duty, non-performance of duty, non-fulfilment of duty, remissness, neglectfulness, neglect, laxity, laxness, irresponsibility, inattention, inattentiveness, heedlessness, thoughtlessness, unmindfulness, forgetfulness;
slackness, sloppiness;
Law contributory negligence;
Scots Law culpa;
NauticalLaw barratry;
formal delinquency;
rare disregardfulness, inadvertence, inadvertency, oscitation.
▷antonyms conscientiousness, attention to duty.
negligence Oxford Dictionary of English