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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.
- 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.
- 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]
Meaning (1):
- 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]
Meaning (2):
- give little or no attention to
Example in sentence:
  • Disregard the errors
Meaning (3):
- fail to attend to
Example in sentence:
  • he neglects his children
Meaning (4):
- 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
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

Nearby Words:

negation negative negatived negatively negativeness negativing negativity negatory neginoth neglected

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