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UK
/nɪɡlˈɛkt/
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[ US /nəˈɡɫɛkt, nɪˈɡɫɛkt/ ]
[ US /nəˈɡɫɛkt, nɪˈɡɫɛkt/ ]
NOUN
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the state of something that has been unused and neglected
the house was in a terrible state of neglect - lack of attention and due care
- willful lack of care and attention
- the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
- failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
VERB
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fail to do something; leave something undone
The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account
She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib -
fail to attend to
he neglects his children -
leave undone or leave out
The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
How could I miss that typo? -
give little or no attention to
Disregard the errors
How To Use neglect In A Sentence
- The result of such rack-rent can only be evil, abuse and neglect of the soil, deterioration in the character of the laborers, and a widespread sense of injustice. VIII. Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece.
- Over the winter months we've been doing a great deal of clearing up on our part-neglected croft garden, grubbing out and shredding dead shrubs and cutting back those that have either grown too large or are crowding others.
- Meg looked worn and nervous, the babies absorbed every minute of her time, the house was neglected, and Kitty, the cook, who took life 'aisy', kept him on short commons. Little Women
- This report is one in a long line showing how essential aspects of care are being neglected. Times, Sunday Times
- ‘I only wish farmers could be fully compensated for the incompetence, inefficiency and neglect of the Department over which Mrs Beckett presides,’ he said.
- He neglected to point out that the current policies have failed miserably, in every way.
- Rachel found Katherine, pettish from imagined neglect. Dearly Beloved
- The collegers came from a wide social range, though conditions in College were bad and the boys much neglected until the reforms brought in by Provost Hodgson (1840-53).
- A recent study by the Aid agency Care illustrates the scale of the West's neglect.
- 'I knew a case once where an heir who expected a large sum of money was bequeathed a family Bible, which he threw into the fire, learning afterwards, to his dismay, that it contained many thousands of pounds in Bank of England notes, the object of the devisor being to induce the legatee to read the good Book or suffer through the neglect of it.' The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont