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ne·glect
 neglect
- pronunciation:
- n
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
neglected, neglecting, neglects |
| definition 1: |
to pay too little or no attention to.
She neglected the doctor's advice.- synonyms:
- disregard, ignore, overlook, pretermit, slight
- antonyms:
- attend, heed, regard
- similar words:
- avoid, pass up, shun, snub
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| definition 2: |
to fail to take proper care of.
He neglects his health.- synonyms:
- forget, shun
- antonyms:
- baby, care, cherish, coddle, foster, look after, maintain, mollycoddle, nurture, pamper, provide, support, tend, watch
- similar words:
- abandon, desert
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| definition 3: |
to fail to do or perform.
Do not neglect your duty.- synonyms:
- avoid, default, evade, omit, pretermit, shirk, slack
- antonyms:
- fulfill, keep, remember
- similar words:
- forget, forgo, ignore, let slide
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| related words: |
break, discount, misconduct, miss, overlook, scant, slight, turn one's back on |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an act, instance, or result of neglecting.
- synonyms:
- carelessness, default, disregard, evasion, inattention, laxity, negligence, omission, oversight, slackness
- antonyms:
- care, nurture, painstaking, support
- similar words:
- dereliction, indifference, passivity, slight, snub
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| definition 2: |
the condition of being neglected.
The tools lay in neglect.- synonyms:
- abandonment, disuse
- similar words:
- failure, omission
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| related words: |
default, oversight |
| derivations: |
neglectedly (adv.), neglectedness (n.), neglecter (n.) |
The origin of the word neglect is neglectus, a Latin word that means "to not pick up or select."
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