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Definition of Neglect
1. Verb. Leave undone or leave out. "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
Specialized synonyms: Forget, Jump, Pass Over, Skip, Skip Over
Antonyms: Attend To
Derivative terms: Neglecter, Omissible, Omission, Omission, Omissive, Pretermission
2. Noun. Lack of attention and due care.
Generic synonyms: Inattention
Specialized synonyms: Omission
Derivative terms: Disregard, Disregard
3. Verb. Fail to do something; leave something undone. "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
Specialized synonyms: Lose Track, Strike Out, Default, Default On, Choke, Muff, Miss
Derivative terms: Failure
4. Noun. The state of something that has been unused and neglected. "The house was in a terrible state of neglect"
5. Verb. Fail to attend to. "Sam cannot neglect Sue "; "He neglects his children"
6. Noun. Willful lack of care and attention.
Generic synonyms: Mistreatment
Specialized synonyms: Despite
Derivative terms: Disregard, Disregard
7. Verb. Give little or no attention to. "Disregard the errors"
Specialized synonyms: Pretermit
Derivative terms: Disregard, Disregard, Neglecter, Negligent
8. Noun. The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern.
Generic synonyms: Carelessness, Sloppiness
Specialized synonyms: Delinquency, Dereliction, Willful Neglect, Laxity, Laxness, Remissness, Slackness
Derivative terms: Neglectful, Neglectful, Negligent
9. Noun. Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances.
Generic synonyms: Nonaccomplishment, Nonachievement
Specialized synonyms: Dereliction, Comparative Negligence, Concurrent Negligence, Contributory Negligence, Criminal Negligence, Culpable Negligence, Neglect Of Duty, Dodging, Escape, Evasion
Derivative terms: Careless
Definition of Neglect
1. v. t. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.
2. n. Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy.
Definition of Neglect
1. Verb. (transitive) To disregard or pay little attention to something. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To fail to care for, or attend to something. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness. ¹
4. Noun. The act of neglecting. ¹
5. Noun. The state of being neglected. ¹
6. Noun. Habitual lack of care. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Neglect
1. to fail to pay attention to [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neglect
Literary usage of Neglect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the ...by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger (1835)
"Ordinary neglect is the omission of that care, which every man of common prudence,
and capable of governing a family, takes of bis own concerns. ..."
2. Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English by Egerton Brydges (1815)
"Sonnet on the neglect of Virtue. SLEEPLESS as I lie tossing on my bed Thro' half
the midnight hours, while thro' my brain This vile world's base affairs ..."
3. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"... be considered of some moment, inasmuch as its applicability extends considerably
beyond this particular instance. Owing to the neglect of the digamma in ..."
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