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Meaning of 'Neglect'
Meaning of 'Neglect' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Neglect 
[ adv.]
- Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear
one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded,
undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or
business; to neglect to pay debts. [ adv.]- To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.
2. Neglect [ v.]
- 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, of
health, of economy. [ v.]- Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers.
- Habitual carelessness; negligence.
- The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.
Meaning of 'Neglect' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. neglect [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the state of something that has been unused and neglected
- the state of something that has been unused and neglected
Example in sentence:
- the house was in a terrible state of neglect
2. neglect [ v]
[ v]Meaning (2):
- give little or no attention to
- give little or no attention to
Example in sentence:
- Disregard the errors
Meaning (3):
- fail to attend to
- fail to attend to
Example in sentence:
- he neglects his children
Meaning (4):
- leave undone or leave out
- leave undone or leave out
Example in sentence:
- How could I miss that typo?;
- The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
Meaning (5):
- fail to do something; leave something undone
- fail to do something; leave something undone
Example in sentence:
- 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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