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1. neglect [ v ] leave undone or leave out
Examples: "How could I miss that typo?" "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

Used in print:

(Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)

Therefore , neglecting the extreme outbursts , reflected solar_radiation is not expected to cause sizable errors in the measurements of planetary radiation in the centimeter - and decimeter wave-length range .

(Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)

We should encourage the governments to develop their own technical assistance to communities , state and provincial governments , rural communities , and other smaller groups , making certain that no important segment of the economy is neglected .

Synonyms miss neglect leave_out overlook pretermit overleap drop omit Related Terms attend_to forget jump omission omission neglecter

2. neglect [ v ] fail to attend to
Examples: "he neglects his children"

Used in print:

(H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)

Linguists have not always been more enlightened than `` practical people '' and sometimes have insisted on incredibly trivial points while neglecting things of much greater significance .

Synonyms neglect Related Terms slack disregard negligence

3. neglect [ v ] fail to do something; leave something undone
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"

Used in print:

(The New York Times...)

Mr._Kennedy did not neglect to cultivate the personal friendship of reporters .

(Richard Tiernan, "Land of the Silver Dollar,"...)

Five came_up while Owen was listening to The Wrangler and he neglected to play , a loss of ten dollars .

(Patrick Dennis, Little Me....)

Her presence only made Letch more distant and irritable and , in the hurry of buying Chateau_Belletch , I had neglected to consider a room for Baby-dear , so there was no place to put her , anyhow .

Synonyms fail neglect Related Terms miss default strike_out choke muff failure negligence

4. neglect [ v ] give little or no attention to
Examples: "Disregard the errors"

Used in print:

(Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)

For it was neglected , not to say nascent , when the struggle began .

(Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)

The Pope , in the splendor of his great intellect , had neglected them a_little .

Synonyms ignore neglect disregard cold-shoulder slight Related Terms dismiss disrespect pretermit disregard disregard

5. neglect [ n ] lack of attention and due care

Used in print:

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

Those persons who were lucky enough to see and hear the performance of his work at the Brest-Silevniov_Festival in August , 1916 , will certainly welcome his return to public notice ; and it is not unlikely that , even as the great Bach lay_dormant for so many years , so has the erudite , ingenious SalFininistas passed_through his `` purgatory '' of neglect .

Synonyms neglect disregard Related Terms inattention omission

6. neglect [ n ] the state of something that has been unused and neglected
Examples: "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"

Used in print:

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

The rest of Black_Bottom was a rabbit_warren of homes in every condition of neglect , disrepair and careful upkeep .

Synonyms neglect disuse Related Terms decline omission

7. neglect [ n ] lack of care and attention

Used in print:

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

On_the_contrary , he was pleased that his face showed a neglect of several days .

Synonyms neglect disregard Related Terms mistreatment despite

8. neglect [ n ] the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

Synonyms neglect neglectfulness negligence Related Terms carelessness laxness delinquency

9. neglect [ n ] failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

Synonyms negligence carelessness nonperformance neglect Related Terms nonaccomplishment evasion dereliction criminal_negligence comparative_negligence contributory_negligence concurrent_negligence neglect_of_duty

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