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neglect English

Meaning neglect meaning

What does neglect mean?
Definitions in simple English

neglect Verb

— If you neglect someone, you do not take care of them.

neglect Noun

— Neglect is the failure of somebody to do a duty.

neglect

— verb (= miss, leave out) leave undone or leave out How could I miss that typo? The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten — verb fail to attend to he neglects his children — verb (= fail) 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 — verb (= disregard) give little or no attention to Disregard the errors — noun (= disregard) lack of attention and due care — noun the state of something that has been unused and neglected the house was in a terrible state of neglect — noun (= disregard) willful lack of care and attention — noun the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern — noun (= negligence) failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

Synonyms neglect synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as neglect?

neglect English » English

disregard ignore slight negligence overlook omit carelessness abandon inattention forget fail omission disdain shun alienate leave alone indifference dereliction delay default avoid give up estrangement eschew distance oneself from be careless violate throw out procrastinate pretermit pay no attention to neglectfulness leave out leave behind leave as is heedlessness forsake fire expel drop disuse despise desert careless be indifferent be inattentive transgress skimp shirk remissness

Topics neglect topics

What do people use neglect to talk about?
Person Life Stage of life Child

Rear a child
Language and thought Think Mind

Think about
Language and thought Think Remember

Forget
Work and occupation Agriculture Tend a field

Neglect plants

Conjugation neglect conjugation

How do you conjugate neglect?

neglect · verb

Examples neglect examples

How do I use neglect in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He seems to neglect his duties.
She was dismissed on the grounds of neglect of duty.
The room was in a state of neglect.
Some students devote themselves to sports and neglect their studies.
Don't neglect your daily responsibilities.
You shouldn't neglect good old friends.
Some students neglect their studies in favor of sports.
The house shows signs of neglect.

Movie subtitles

You are making a big mistake, Mr. Yquem, if you continue to neglect your wife!
Oh, I'll not neglect you.
You can't neglect her for a lot of charity cases.
This after all my care of the men is surely a result of our drunken surgeon's neglect.
That doesn't mean that you should neglect yourself.
I like your spirit, but don't neglect your duties as a student.
Scholars tend to neglect their guests.
People neglect maintenance, and they bring us their cars in this condition.
You neglect your health.
Never neglect your mother.
This court finds Major Alexander Kearny, 5th Cavalry, United States Army guilty of gross neglect of duty by reason of cowardice in the face of the enemy.
Sorry darling, I did not mean to neglect.
Sure, but don't neglect his partner.
My noble lords and cousins all, good morrow. I have been long a sleeper. but I trust my absence doth neglect no great design. which by my presence might have been concluded.
I've been married for four years, four years of neglect. four years of battling, four years of heartbreaks.
Your Majesty, I'm distressed at my neglect at not having rewarded Lieut. Dmitri before.
If there was just some way I could bring him to his senses, make him realise his neglect of me.
Any woman can be starved by neglect.
Through your neglect this flower has died. - You've murdered a flower.
Surely she would not neglect to inform her Lord Chancellor. of the nature of such an important voyage?
We cannot, of course, neglect any member of Your lordship's family.
I was just trying to show you you can't neglect me.
Do what you will, ignore it, neglect it, starve it it's stronger than both of us together.
Now we'll pay for our years of neglect.
Terrible self-neglect.
All right, if you're going to neglect your duty, I'm not.
Oh, I'll not neglect you. Hmm.
I can't neglect my guests, you know?
Such an endeavour mustn't neglect the technical aspect.
But it is wicked of you to neglect us. We adore you, Mama, and I.
My heart is very heavy for my neglect of thee.
After 15 years of neglect and selfish unconcern, to come back here!
I found His Majesty ill from neglect.
I have been long a sleeper. but I trust my absence doth neglect no great design. which by my presence might have been concluded.
Then why neglect him?
Aren't you afraid that you'll neglect your maternal duties?

News and current affairs

That neglect is a human tragedy.
But because the US is the richest, most powerful country in the world, its neglect is devastating.
Likewise, domestic pressure has caused Obama to neglect trade issues.
The new government's biggest challenge will be to implement reforms that enable Italy's economic performance to catch up to that of its neighbors after years of bad policies and neglect.
The EU's fiscal surveillance mechanisms failed to predict these developments because they neglect a crucial variable: the dynamics of private-sector debt.
Diplomats trudged off to conferences year after year to implement them, but the main results were neglect, delay, and bickering over legalities.
Even the United States has infrastructure that is hobbled by neglect, with collapsing bridges and a dangerously overburdened electrical grid.
Decades of neglect coupled with foreign intervention left the country in ruins, with reverberations across the world.
The world's governments will meet in Montreal at the end of November to plot the next steps, including specific measures that the world could adopt if the Bush administration abandoned its willful neglect of this critical issue.
People who know the frightening neighborhood of Tor di Quinto, where Giovanna Reggiani was killed have harsh words to say about the neglect and indifference of Rome's city government.
I single out America not because it is unique in its neglect, but because it is unique in its capacity to lead.
The result of this is to neglect the overall North American perspective while giving preference to a domestic or bilateral vision that sometimes fails to promote the larger objective of integration.
Neglect of agriculture should, perhaps, have been expected in the government's rush to modernize; what was unexpected was the government's increasing reliance on dubious fiscal strategies.
This neglect is both unwarranted and dangerous.
But EU leaders' focus on internal problems has caused them largely to neglect external policies, particularly in the area of security.
While Latin America will not be a priority for either an Obama or McCain administration, continuing the United States' neglect of the last seven years is no longer viable.
America did, indeed, turn inward following the fall of Saigon, and its neglect of Afghanistan following the Soviet withdrawal in 1989 led to chaos and Al Qaeda's near-takeover of the country.
Without a fundamental reset, relations between Russia and Europe will continue to decay, eventually becoming characterized by benign neglect.
Years of neglect could not possibly be erased by a trip long in photo opportunities and short in substance.
Alas, central bankers, with their manipulation of interest rates and use of quantitative easing, patently neglect this fact.
The authorities' response follows a now-familiar pattern: high-profile pronouncements in the wake of workplace disaster give way to neglect of basic safety standards.
They neglect to tell the real story of how the Party exercises that will, trusting that the admission itself will satisfy us.
That explains the neglect of US-China economic relations, a neglect that is now dangerous to the US, given its weakened economic condition.

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