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Noun neglect has 5 senses
- disregard, neglect - lack of attention and due care
--1 is a kind of inattention
--1 has particulars: omission
- neglect, disuse - the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
--2 is a kind of decline, declination
--2 has particulars: omission
- disregard, neglect - willful lack of care and attention
--3 is a kind of mistreatment
--3 has particulars: despite
- negligence, neglect, neglectfulness - the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
--4 is a kind of carelessness
--4 has particulars:
- negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance - failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
--5 is a kind of nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
--5 has particulars:
Verb neglect has 4 senses
- neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap - leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
Antonyms: attend to, take to heart
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- fail, neglect - 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"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- neglect - fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot neglect Sue
- neglect, ignore, disregard - give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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