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