failure+in+duty

  • 41dereliction of duty — noun uncount a serious failure to do the things you are responsible for in your job …

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  • 42dereliction of duty — UK US noun [uncountable] a serious failure to do the things that you are responsible for in your job Thesaurus: morally bad or wrong behavioursynonym …

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  • 43dereliction of duty — shameful failure to fulfil one s obligations. → dereliction …

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  • 44dereliction of duty — UK / US noun [uncountable] a serious failure to do the things that you are responsible for in your job …

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  • 45gross neglect of duty — Type of serious nonfeasance or failure to attend to one s duties, either public or private. See desertion non support …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 46gross neglect of duty — Type of serious nonfeasance or failure to attend to one s duties, either public or private. See desertion non support …

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  • 47breach of duty — The failure or omission to do that which a person is bound by law to do, or the doing of it in an unlawful manner. See breach of contract; breach of covenant; negligence …

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  • 48default — de·fault /di fȯlt, dē ˌfȯlt/ n [Anglo French defalte defaute lack, fault, failure to answer a summons, from defaillir to be lacking, fail, from de , intensive prefix + faillir to fail] 1: failure to do something required by duty (as under a… …

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  • 49breach — / brēch/ n 1 a: a violation in the performance of or a failure to perform an obligation created by a promise, duty, or law without excuse or justification breach of duty: a breach of a duty esp. by a fiduciary (as an agent or corporate officer)… …

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  • 50negligence — neg·li·gence / ne gli jəns/ n: failure to exercise the degree of care expected of a person of ordinary prudence in like circumstances in protecting others from a foreseeable and unreasonable risk of harm in a particular situation; also: conduct… …

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