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neglect



I - noun
1. lack of attention and due care (Freq. 2)
Syn:
disregard
Derivationally related forms:
disregard (for: disregard)
Hypernyms:
inattention
Hyponyms:
omission
2. willful lack of care and attention (Freq. 1)
Syn:
disregard
Derivationally related forms:
disregard (for: disregard)
Hypernyms:
mistreatment
Hyponyms:
despite
3. the state of something that has been unused and neglected (Freq. 1)
- the house was in a terrible state of neglect
Syn:
disuse
Hypernyms:
decline, declination
Hyponyms:
omission
4. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
Syn:
negligence, neglectfulness
Derivationally related forms:
neglectful (for: neglectfulness), negligent (for: negligence)
Hypernyms:
carelessness, sloppiness
Hyponyms:
delinquency, dereliction, willful neglect, laxness, laxity,
remissness, slackness
5. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Syn:
negligence, carelessness, nonperformance
Derivationally related forms:
careless (for: carelessness)
Hypernyms:
nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
Hyponyms:
dereliction, comparative negligence, concurrent negligence, contributory negligence, criminal negligence,
culpable negligence, neglect of duty, evasion, escape, dodging

II - verb
1. leave undone or leave out (Freq. 6)
- How could I miss that typo?
- The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
Syn:
pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out,
overlook, overleap
Ant:
attend to
Derivationally related forms:
omissible (for: omit), omissive (for: omit), omission (for: omit), pretermission (for: pretermit), neglecter
Hyponyms:
forget, jump, pass over, skip, skip over
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
2. fail to do something;
leave something undone (Freq. 4)
- 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
Syn:
fail
Derivationally related forms:
failure (for: fail)
Hyponyms:
lose track, strike out, default, default on, choke,
muff, miss
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
3. fail to attend to (Freq. 4)
- he neglects his children
Derivationally related forms:
negligent, neglecter
Hyponyms:
slack
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot neglect Sue
4. give little or no attention to (Freq. 3)
- Disregard the errors
Syn:
ignore, disregard
Derivationally related forms:
disregard (for: disregard), negligent, neglecter
Hyponyms:
pretermit
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody

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