A burden, a source of difficulty that could impose a barrier.
Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships.
The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.
The state of being negligent.
The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct short of intentional or reckless action that falls below the legal standard for preventing unreasonable injury.