#negligence__carelessness__neglect__nonperformance  failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
  supertype:  nonaccomplishment__nonachievement  an act that does not achieve its intended goal
  subtype:  dereliction  willful negligence
     subtype:  nonfeasance  a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do
  subtype:  comparative_negligence__comparativenegligence  (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
  subtype:  concurrent_negligence  (law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately
  subtype:  contributory_negligence  (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages
  subtype:  criminal_negligence__culpable_negligence  (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences)
  subtype:  neglect_of_duty  breach of a (legal) duty
  subtype:  evasion.negligence__escape__dodging  nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
     subtype:  escape_mechanism  a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities
     subtype:  malingering__skulking  evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering"
     subtype:  shirking__slacking__soldiering__goofing_off__goofingoff__goldbricking  the evasion of work or duty
     subtype:  circumvention  the act of evading by going around
     subtype:  tax_evasion  the deliberate failure to pay taxes (usually by making a false report)

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