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
The authors of the United States, independently of the deteriorating influence of their institutions, can of all people the least afford to be negligent.
From William Hickling Prescott by Harry Thurston Peck
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