1. Adverb
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.
2. Adverb
To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.
3. Verb
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.
4. Verb
Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers.
5. Verb
Habitual carelessness; negligence.
6. Verb
The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.
7. Noun
the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
8. Noun
lack of attention and due care
Vocabulary classified under Psychology
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