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Neglect

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.

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Broader term 8

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Carelessness 76% connected

The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligenece; inattention.

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Declination 76% connected

The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.

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Decline 76% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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Inattention 76% connected

Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.

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Mistreatment 76% connected

Wrong treatment.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Sloppiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sloppy; muddiness.

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Manner of action 12

Bomb 76% connected

A great noise; a hollow sound.

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Choke 76% connected

To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

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Default 76% connected

A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the govern…

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Fail 76% connected

To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…

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Flunk 76% connected

To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.

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Forget 76% connected

To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.

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Jump 76% connected

A kind of loose jacket for men.

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Miss 76% connected

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

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Muff 76% connected

A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

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Pretermit 76% connected

To pass by; to omit; to disregard.

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Skip 76% connected

A basket. See Skep.

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Slack 76% connected

Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

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Narrower term 11

Delinquency 76% connected

Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime.

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Dereliction 76% connected

The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.

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Despite 76% connected

Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate.

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Dodging 76% connected

of Dodge

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Escape 76% connected

To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

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Evasion 76% connected

The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

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Laxity 76% connected

The state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness, strictness, or exactness.

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Laxness 76% connected

The state of being lax; laxity.

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Omission 76% connected

The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.

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Remissness 76% connected

Quality or state of being remiss.

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Slackness 76% connected

The quality or state of being slack.

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Derivationally related 10

Disregard 74% connected

Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disregard 74% connected

Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Neglecter 74% connected

One who neglects.

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Neglecter 74% connected

One who neglects.

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Neglectful 74% connected

Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent.

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Neglectful 74% connected

Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent.

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Negligence 74% connected

The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.

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Negligence 74% connected

The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.

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Negligent 74% connected

Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed i…

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Negligent 74% connected

Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed i…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 13

Carelessness 92% connected

The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligenece; inattention.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disregard 92% connected

Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disuse 92% connected

To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drop 92% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fail 92% connected

To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ignore 92% connected

To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Miss 92% connected

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Negligence 92% connected

The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nonperformance 92% connected

Neglect or failure to perform.

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Omit 92% connected

To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Overleap 92% connected

To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Overlook 92% connected

To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pretermit 92% connected

To pass by; to omit; to disregard.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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