Neglect
English
Verb
Neglect (third-person singular simple present Neglects, present participle Neglecting, simple past and past participle Neglected)
- (transitive) To disregard or pay little attention to something
- (transitive) To fail to care for, or attend to something
- (transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness
Noun
Neglect (uncountable)- The act of neglecting
- The state of being neglected.
- Habitual lack of care.
Synonyms
Thesaurus
Sisyphean labor, abandon, bad policy, be caught napping, be neglectful, be negligent, blink at, brush off, carelessness, cold-shoulder, contemn, cut, cut dead, default, delinquency, dereliction, discount, disdain, dismiss, disregard, disrespect, elide, endless task, fail, failing, failure, forget, give the go-by, gloss over, heedlessness, ignore, inaction, inactivity, inadvertence, inattention, indifference, inexpedience, inexpediency, lapse, laxity, laxness, leave undone, let go, let pass, let ride, let slide, let slip, look right through, loose ends, lose sight of, lose track of, make little of, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, misconduct, misdirection, misfeasance, misgovernment, misguidance, mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, miss, neglectfulness, negligence, nod, noncompliance, nonconformity, nonobservance, nonperformance, not care for, not get involved, not heed, not think, omission, omit, overlook, overpass, oversight, pass, pass by, pass over, pass up, passiveness, passivity, pooh-pooh, rebuff, refuse to acknowledge, refuse to recognize, reject, remissness, rough edges, scant, scorn, shirk, shrug off, slackness, sleep, slight, slighting, slur over, spurn, take for granted, think little of, unconcern, work of Penelope, wrongdoing
