gross negligence
Extreme failure of care
Gross negligence is reckless disregard for safety or consequences—negligence so extreme it suggests willful indifference.
Where ordinary negligence is a failure to exercise reasonable care, gross negligence implies the person should have known their conduct would likely cause harm: The jury found gross negligence in the company's failure to address repeated safety warnings.
The distinction matters legally, as gross negligence may support punitive damages or override liability protections.
Abandonment of duty
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
- indifferenceLack of interest
- disregardWillful lack of attention
inattention · oversight · omission · laxity · heedlessness · imprudence · incompetence · slipshod
Harmful professional negligence
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- tortActionable civil harm
- breachBreaking of agreement
- duty of careObligation to act reasonably
culpable · nonfeasance · misfeasance · fiduciary duty · damages · misconduct · delinquency · accountability
Circumstances posing danger
injury · death · safety violation · workplace accident · contamination · exposure · warning signs · safety protocols
dereliction
Abandonment of duty
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
- indifferenceLack of interest
disregard · inattention · oversight · omission · laxity · heedlessness · imprudence · incompetence · slipshod · remissness
malpractice
Harmful professional negligence
duty of care · culpable · nonfeasance · misfeasance · fiduciary duty · damages · misconduct · delinquency · accountability · standard of care
unsafe conditions
Circumstances posing danger
harm · injury · death · safety violation · workplace accident · contamination · exposure · warning signs · safety protocols · OSHA
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- criminal lawcrime, felony, misdemeanor, murder, robbery
- malpracticemalpractice, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, malpractice insurance, malpractice suit
- medical lawmalpractice, medical liability, informed consent, medical licensing, duty of care
- negligenceneglect, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, carelessness, laxity
- tort lawtort, tort law, duty of care, breach of duty, causation
gross negligencedue diligence
Pre-transaction reasonable care
reasonable care · prudence · diligence · caution · care
gross negligencebest practices
Proven effective methods
professional standards · above and beyond · going the extra mile
gross, engross, engrossed, engrossing, negligence, grossness, grossly, grossing, engrossment