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négligence

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nounfeminine
  1. negligence; carelessness

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  • Ketty avait été fort grondée, on l’avait accusée de négligence.Ketty had been very scolded, he had been accused of negligence.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
  • Sa faiblesse lui attira le mépris des Indiens, et exposa la colonie aux ravages d'une épidémie, par suite de la négligence avec laquelle il avait laissé faire le service des vivres, pendant sa campagne dans les cantons.His weakness drew him contempt for the Indians, and exposed the colony to the ravages of an epidemic, as a result of the neglect with which he had let the food service, during his campaign in the cantons.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I
  • «Ah! dit-il en dissimulant son émotion sous une feinte négligence, ne parlez pas de ces choses-là; moi, penser à ces choses-là! avoir des chagrins d’amour?"Ah! He said, concealing his emotion under a scornful negligence, do not speak of these things; I think of these things! Have sorrows of love?B2Les Trois Mousquetaires

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