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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word History, Word Explorer, Grammatical Patterns, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
neglects, neglecting, neglected |
| 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, 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.
The soldier neglected his duty.The tenant neglected to clean the apartment before moving out.[verb + infinitive
]
I feel bad that I neglected to send a birthday card to my mother.[verb + infinitive
]
He neglected to pay his bills and consequently hurt his credit score.[verb + infinitive
]
The problem has existed for a long time, but they've neglected doing anything about it.[verb + gerund
]
- 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 |
adverb + (v.)neglect
badly, but, completely, deliberately, emotionally, largely, often, previously, purposely, relatively, sadly, severely, somehow, sorely, thereby, thoroughly, totally, unfortunately, unjustly, utterly
(v.)neglect
+ noun
aspect, chore, consideration, dimension, duty, exploitation, heritage, historian, infant, infrastructure, need, obligation, responsibility, scholarship
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an act, instance, or result of neglecting.
The house was in terrible condition after years of neglect.- 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 |
adjective + (n.)neglect
apparent,
benign,
criminal,
deliberate,
elder,
emotional,
extreme,
gross,
guilty,
institutional,
long-term,
malign,
medical,
official,
parental,
patient,
physical,
purposeful,
relative,
serious,
severe,
spatial,
suspected,
willful
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verb + (n.)neglect
abuse, accuse, blame, charge, constitute, contribute, crumble, experience, imply, investigate, justify, prevent, result, reverse, suffer, thrive
(n.)neglect
+ verb
stem
noun + (n.)neglect
abuse, accusation, allegation, case, century, child, childhood, complaint, consequence, corruption, cycle, decade, discrimination, ignorance, incompetence, poverty, sign, victim, year
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| 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."
The word neglect
contains the following part:
leg2, lect1, lig
Latin
root
that means gather; choose; read
  Example words:
collect, elect, election, eligibility, eligible, illegible, ineligible, lectern, lecture, legend, legible, neglect, select
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