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Neglect meaning in English

Meaning of Neglect in English

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Neglect

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Noun

1. disregard, neglect

lack of attention and due care

2. disuse, neglect

the state of something that has been unused and neglected

Example Sentences:
'the house was in a terrible state of neglect'

3. disregard, neglect

willful lack of care and attention

4. neglect, neglectfulness, negligence

the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

5. carelessness, neglect, negligence, nonperformance

failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

Verb

6. drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit

leave undone or leave out

Example Sentences:
'How could I miss that typo?'
'The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten'

7. fail, neglect

fail to do something; leave something undone

Example Sentences:
'She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib'
'The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account'

8. neglect

fail to attend to

Example Sentences:
'he neglects his children'

9. disregard, ignore, neglect

give little or no attention to

Example Sentences:
'Disregard the errors'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Neglect

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to fail to give due care, attention, or time to
to neglect a child
2. 
to fail (to do something) through thoughtlessness or carelessness
he neglected to tell her
3. 
to ignore or disregard
she neglected his frantic signals
noun
4. 
lack of due care or attention; negligence
the child starved through neglect
5. 
the act or an instance of neglecting or the state of being neglected

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Neglect

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verb transitive
1. 
to ignore or disregard
to neglect the advice of others
2. 
to fail to care for or attend to sufficiently or properly; slight
to neglect one's family
3. 
to fail to carry out (an expected or required action) through carelessness or by intention; leave undone
noun
4. 
the action of neglecting
5. 
lack of sufficient or proper care; negligence; disregard
6. 
the state of being neglected

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Neglect

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tr.v. ne·glect·ed, ne·glect·ing, ne·glects
1. To pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard: neglected their warnings.
2. To fail to care for or attend to properly: neglects her appearance.
3. To fail to do or carry out, as through carelessness or oversight: neglected to return the call.
n.
1. The act or an instance of neglecting something: Your neglect of my advice will only make matters worse.
2. The state or fact of being neglected: The garden fell into neglect.
3. Habitual lack of care: The dog has been subjected to terrible neglect.

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