neglect

[ne·glect]

Neglect is worse than ignoring something. It's ignoring it, failing to care for it, and probably harming it in the process.

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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.

Noun
willful lack of care and attention

Noun
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

Noun
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

Noun
lack of attention and due care

Noun
the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"

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Verb
leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

Verb
fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"

Verb
give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"

Verb
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"


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.

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.

v.
Habitual carelessness; negligence.

v.
The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.


Neglect

Neg*lect" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neglected; p. pr. & vb. n. Neglecting.] [L. neglectus, p.p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. neing, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf. Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See No, adv., Legend, Who.] 1. 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.
I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs.
This, my long suffering and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers. Syn. -- To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See Slight.

Neglect

Neg*lect", n. [L. neglectus. See Neglect, v.] 1. 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.
To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame, Or our neglect, we lost her as we came.
2. Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers. 3. Habitual carelessness; negligence.
Age breeds neglect in all.
4. The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.
Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect.
Syn. -- Negligence; inattention; disregard; disesteem; remissness; indifference. See Negligence.

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.

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.

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Usage Examples

More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.

It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue.

The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education.

The mind controls so much of the body. We are much more than flesh and blood we are complex systems. Patients do better when they have faith that they're going to do better. That's why I always tell my patients and their families not to neglect their prayers. There's nobody I don't say that to.

America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness and prevention.

Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children and facilitate permanent placement for children who cannot return home.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.

When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty as members of a family or civil society, and cast off all regard to religion, their case is much to be pitied.

A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So one has to work it out according to one's own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things.

A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation.

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives - that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers.

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