descuido

Definitions of descuido
  1. noun
    a mistake resulting from neglect
    synonyms: omisión
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    types:
    incumplimiento
    a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
    type of:
    equivocación, error, fallo, falta, yerro
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
  2. noun
    failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
    synonyms: abandono, dejadez, desidia, despreocupación, incuria, negligencia
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    types:
    delincuencia
    willful negligence
    evasión
    nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
    descarte, escamoteo, milicia
    the evasion of work or duty
    type of:
    malogro
    an act that does not achieve its intended goal
  3. noun
    the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
    synonyms: dejadez, desidia, negligencia
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    types:
    delincuencia
    a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
    flojedad, laxitud, negligencia, relajación, relajo
    the quality of being lax and neglectful
  4. noun
    tendency to forget
    synonyms: olvido
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    type of:
    amnesia
    partial or total loss of memory
  5. noun
    an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
    synonyms: distracción, inadvertencia
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    type of:
    omisión
    neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something
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