 neglect |
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| 1. | [ verb ] leave undone or leave out | |
| Synonyms: | miss overlook leave_out drop overleap pretermit omit | |
| Examples: | "How could I miss that typo?" "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" |
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| Related terms: | attend_to forget jump omission omission neglecter | |
| 2. | [ verb ] fail to attend to | |
| Examples: | "he neglects his children" |
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| Related terms: | slack disregard negligence | |
| 3. | [ verb ] fail to do something; leave something undone | |
| Synonyms: | fail | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | miss default strike_out choke muff failure negligence | |
| 4. | [ verb ] give little or no attention to | |
| Synonyms: | ignore cold-shoulder disregard slight | |
| Examples: | "Disregard the errors" |
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| Related terms: | dismiss disrespect pretermit disregard disregard | |
| 5. | [ noun ] lack of attention and due care | |
| Synonyms: | disregard | |
| Related terms: | inattention omission | |
| 6. | [ noun ] the state of something that has been unused and neglected | |
| Synonyms: | disuse | |
| Examples: | "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" |
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| Related terms: | decline omission | |
| 7. | [ noun ] lack of care and attention | |
| Synonyms: | disregard | |
| Related terms: | mistreatment despite | |
| 8. | [ noun ] the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern | |
| Synonyms: | neglectfulness negligence | |
| Related terms: | carelessness laxness delinquency | |
| 9. | [ noun ] failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | |
| Synonyms: | negligence carelessness nonperformance | |
| Related terms: | nonaccomplishment evasion dereliction criminal_negligence comparative_negligence contributory_negligence concurrent_negligence neglect_of_duty | |
| Similar spelling: |
neglecter neglected neglectful neglige newsless neckless negligible negligee |
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