dereliction

Example Sentences

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Its absence feels like a big miss or, less charitably, a dereliction of duty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Federal law says that Fed officials can only be removed for "cause," which could be interpreted to mean malfeasance or dereliction of duty.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Describing the failure to have a relationship with China as a "dereliction of duty", he called for a "serious approach".

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

However, failing to navigate a relationship with China would be "a dereliction of duty", the prime minister said, when China is a "defining force in technology, trade and global governance".

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

How he would face the mighty Emperor and confess his dereliction of duty, he could not foresee.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks