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List of meaning for neglect

to abandon or ignore

disregard, neglect(noun)

lack of attention and due care

neglect, disuse(noun)

the state of something that has been unused and neglected

"the house was in a terrible state of neglect"

disregard, neglect(noun)

willful lack of care and attention

negligence, neglect, neglectfulness(noun)

the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance(verb)

failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap(verb)

leave undone or leave out

"How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

fail, neglect(verb)

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"

neglect(verb)

fail to attend to

"he neglects his children"

neglect, ignore, disregard(verb)

give little or no attention to

"Disregard the errors"

the state of being unattended to or not cared for

for years the barn sat in neglect until one day it finally fell down

the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action

your ongoing neglect of your health is going to land you in the hospital someday

to fail to give proper attention to

as usual the news media neglected the real issues of the campaign and focused on personalities

to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness

I've neglected my garden, and now it's overgrown with weeds

to miss the opportunity or obligation

conveniently, the job applicant neglected to mention his criminal record

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