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Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent. Pope. A cold and neglectful countenance. Locke. Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet they were not entirely neglectful of it. Arbuthnot. -- Neg*lect"ful*ly, adv. -- Neg*lect"ful*ness, n.

The state of being negligent; negligence. [Obs.] Shak.

The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.

Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not thorough. [Archaic] Bp. Hall.

To perform in a perfunctory manner; to do negligently. [R.]

Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless. It made the king as reckless as them diligent. Sir P. Sidney.

energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow. Thou never wast remiss, I bear thee witness. Milton. These nervous, bold; those languid and remiss. Roscommon. Its moti…

In a remiss or negligent manner; carelessly.

To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful. Ray.

A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.

Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty. -- adv.

Slightingly; negligently. [Obs.] Shak.

A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- the correlative term to slattern, or slut. Pope. He became a confirmed sloven. Macaulay.

Having the habits of a sloven; negligent of neatness and order, especially in dress. A slovenly, lazy fellow, bolling at his ease. L'Estrange.

Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman. Why is thy lord so slutish, I thee pray. Chaucer. An air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer. Sir W. Scott. -- Slut"tish*ly, adv. -- Slut"tish*ness, n.

To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss. [Obs.] Swift.

Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless. He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any temptation. Woodward.

A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress.