neglect

neglect: ne·glect n: a disregard of duty resulting from carelessness, indifference, or willfulness; esp: a failure to provide a child under one's care with proper food, clothing, shelter, supervision, medical care, or emotional stability compare abuse 2, negligence

neglect vt

ne·glect·ful adj

neglect: I noun abandonment, absentmindedness, breach, bungling, careless abandon, carelessness, default, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, failure, heedlessness, idleness, improvidence, imprudence, inaction, inadvertence, inattention, inattentiveness, incuria, indifference, indiligence, indiligentia, mexecution, inexertion, laches, laxity, laxness, misprision, neglegentia, negligence, noncompletion, noncompliance, nonfeasance, nonfulfillment, nonobservance, nonperformance, omission, oversight, procrastination, prodigality, rashness, recklessness, remissness, slackness, slight, sloth, slovenliness, thoughtlessness, unactivity, unalertness, unconcern, unconscientiousness, unheedfulness, unmindfulness, unobservance, unwariness, un watchfulness associated concepts: culpable neglect, neglect of duty, neglect to act, neglect to prosecute, willful neglect foreign phrases:
- Magna culpa dolus est — Gross neglect is the equivalent of fraud.
II verb be careless, be inattentive, be lax, deserere, disdain, disregard, fail, forget, gloss over, ignore, intermittere, lay aside, leave alone, lose sight of, neglegere, not care for, not use, omit, overlook, pass by, pass over, pay no attention, pay no heed to, pay no regard to, pretermit, procrastinate, refuse to recognize, shirk, shun, skip, slight, take no note, take no notice III index blame (culpability), break (violate), default, delinquency (failure of duty), dereliction, desuetude, disinterest (lack of interest), disobey, disregard (omission), disregard (unconcern), disregard, disrepair, disuse, eschew, exclude, ignore, inconsideration, indifference, laches, laxity, leave (allow to remain), maladministration, mismanage, misprision, nonpayment, nonperformance, nonuse, omission, omit, overlook (disregard), override, oversight (carelessness), pretermit, procrastinate, rebuff, reject, rejection, repudiate, shirk, shun, spurn

neglect: v.
To fail to do something; to fail to care for someone or something; to disregard or ignore.
n.
The state of being uncared for or ignored; failure to do something.

neglect: n. The action or status of failing to care for or to maintain something.

neglect: An omission to do or perform some work, duty, or act.

neglect: An omission to do or perform some work, duty, or act.

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Synonyms:

Omit, leave out, pass over, Omission (of a particular act of duty), failure, default, remissness, carelessness, heedlessness, inattention / Disregard, slight, contemn, overlook, pay no heed to, pay no regard to, leave out of view, leave on one side, not care a straw for, disesteem, despise, Slight, disregard, disrespect / Negligence, indifference / Neglectedness, state of being disregarded

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neglect — vb Neglect, omit, disregard, ignore, overlook, slight, forget are comparable when they mean to pass over something without giving it due or sufficient attention. Neglect usually implies intentional or unintentional failure to give full or proper… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Neglect — Neg*lect , n. [L. neglectus. See {Neglect}, v.] 1. 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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Neglect — Neg*lect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neglected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Neglecting}.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. being, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + que, a particle akin to Goth … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
neglect — [ni glekt′] vt. [< L neglectus, pp. of negligere, neglegere, not to heed, be regardless of < neg (see NEGATION) + legere, to gather (see LOGIC)] 1. to ignore or disregard [to neglect the advice of others] 2. to fail to care for or attend to … English World dictionary
neglect — [n1] disregard carelessness, coolness, delinquency, disdain, disregardance, disrespect, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, inconsideration, indifference, laxity, laxness, oversight, scorn, slight, thoughtlessness, unconcern; concepts… … New thesaurus
neglect — ► VERB 1) fail to give proper care or attention to. 2) fail to do something. ► NOUN 1) the state of being neglected. 2) the action of neglecting. ORIGIN Latin neglegere disregard … English terms dictionary
Neglect — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 R29.5 Neurologischer Neglect … Deutsch Wikipedia
neglect — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ general, total ▪ relative ▪ benign ▪ The 18th century interior of the building has survived through benign neglect. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Neglect — For the neuropsychological condition, see Hemispatial neglect. Neglect is a passive form of abuse in which a perpetrator is responsible to provide care for a victim who is unable to care for himself or herself, but fails to provide adequate care … Wikipedia
neglect — neglectedly, adv. neglectedness, n. neglecter, neglector, n. /ni glekt /, v.t. 1. to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years. 2. to be remiss in the care or treatment of: to … Universalium

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