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neglect

/ neglect /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
"the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
Type of:
decline declination
Kinds of:
omission
verb Sense 2
leave undone or leave out
"How could I miss that typo?"
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
Opposites:
attend to take to heart
Kinds of:
forget jump pass over skip skip over
Derived:
omission skip pretermission negligence carelessness
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Something is ----ing PP
verb Sense 3
fail to attend to
"he neglects his children"
Kinds of:
slack
Derived:
negligence neglectfulness disregard neglecter
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
give little or no attention to
"Disregard the errors"
Kinds of:
pretermit
Derived:
disregard neglecter
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 5
willful lack of care and attention
Type of:
mistreatment
Kinds of:
despite
Derived:
ignore disregard dismiss brush aside brush off
noun Sense 6
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
Type of:
carelessness
Kinds of:
delinquency dereliction willful neglect laxness laxity
Derived:
fail
noun Sense 7
lack of attention and due care
Type of:
inattention
Kinds of:
omission
Derived:
ignore disregard dismiss brush aside brush off
verb Sense 8
fail to do something; leave something undone
"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"
Kinds of:
strike out default default on choke muff
Derived:
negligence neglectfulness failure
Usage Patterns:
Something is ----ing PP
noun Sense 9
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Type of:
nonaccomplishment nonachievement
Kinds of:
dereliction comparative negligence concurrent negligence contributory negligence criminal negligence
Derived:
pretermit omit drop miss leave out
Semantic Complexity
96%
Sense Count
9
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
64
Times Searched
24
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Related Words

decline declination omission forget jump pass over skip skip over attend to take to heart slack pretermit