negligent
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The sisters of the man suspected of being the so-called "Putney pusher" have told the BBC the Metropolitan Police was "negligent" and "reckless" in its handling of the case.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The OpenAI agents are built for different purposes, but an underappreciated factor in their going hacker mode is that the company’s own staffers were negligent and careless in monitoring their own experiments.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
The captain of an oil tanker that collided with a cargo ship which sank off Istanbul leaving 10 missing has been arrested along with his third-in-command on charges of negligent homicide, prosecutors said Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The lawsuits claim it was negligent for the fire, which Edison denies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
In turn, Bunderson said, Dr. Strayer, an “expert,” would be telling the jury that Reggie was negligent, taking that decision away from the jury.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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