be negligent
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That would be negligent on the owner’s part.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2023
“While empathetic of the community that it’s a hardship and a burden, I most certainly would be negligent if we ignored the risk this storm presents.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
He added the crimes need to be prioritised and big companies held to account criminally if they are found to be negligent.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2022
"It would be negligent not to take the inflationary development into account," he said.
From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2022
Indeed, you dare not be negligent and backward in this duty; for, as it is, our flesh is all too sluggish to heed the Spirit and all too able to resist it.
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent by Martin Luther
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