HOW TO PRONOUNCE
negligence
/ˈnɛɡlədʒəns/
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American Pronunciation Guide · 1:03
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Listen for two different g sounds.
The first g is hard, as in go; the later g has the j sound in job. Keep the first syllable strongest and the remaining vowels light.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The complaint alleges negligence.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does negligence mean?
noun
- The state of being negligent.
- The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct short of intentional or reckless action that falls below the legal standard for preventing unreasonable injury.
- The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈnɛɡlədʒəns/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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Do, with like timorous accent and dire yell As when, by night and negligence, the fire Is spied in populous cities.
He wears it with more easy negligence or jauntiness, by which he may be recognised at some distance, even from behind.
More book examples (3)
My silence is not due to negligence, but to the circumstance that I am almost destitute of facts relating to her parasites.
In so valuable a produce, the loss occasioned by negligence is so great, as to force even the most careless to attention.
And statistics prove that those who are poor through cowardice and negligence outnumber ten times those who are poor through accident or mischance.