Today’s “Word of the Day” is “dereliction of duty“ and it is a noun meaning “deliberate failure to do what you should do, particularly when it is part of your job; negligence, carelessness, irresponsibility, non-performance“.
Example Sentence: Some institutions are opening on-campus testing facilities. But there is no sign whatsoever of the “national oversight” of the situation that Sage has called for. Given what we now know about the epidemiological profile of Covid-19 as we go into autumn, if that remains the case, it will be a dereliction of the government’s duty.
This word is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on Covid-19 and the young: a new, dangerous phase and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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