neglect

ne·glect  (n-glkt)

tr.v. ne·glect·ed, ne·glect·ing, ne·glects

1. To pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard: neglected their warnings.

2. To fail to care for or attend to properly: neglects her appearance.

3. To fail to do or carry out, as through carelessness or oversight: neglected to return the call.

n.

1. The act or an instance of neglecting something.

2. The state of being neglected.

3. Habitual lack of care.

---

[Latin neglegere, neglct- : neg-, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + legere, to choose, pick up; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

---

ne·glecter n.

---

neglect [nɪˈglɛkt]

vb (tr)

1. to fail to give due care, attention, or time to to neglect a child

2. to fail (to do something) through thoughtlessness or carelessness he neglected to tell her

3. to ignore or disregard she neglected his frantic signals

n

1. lack of due care or attention; negligence the child starved through neglect

2. the act or an instance of neglecting or the state of being neglected

[from Latin neglegere to neglect, from nec not + legere to select]

neglecter , neglector n

---

In artillery and naval gunfire support, a report to the observer/spotter to indicate that the last round(s) was fired with incorrect data and that the round(s) will be fired again using correct data.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	neglect - lack of attention and due care       disregard inattention - lack of attention omission - neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something
	2.	neglect - the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" disuse declination, decline - a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state omission - something that has been omitted; "she searched the table for omissions"
	3.	neglect - willful lack of care and attention disregard mistreatment - the practice of treating (someone or something) badly; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother" despite - contemptuous disregard; "she wanted neither favor nor despite"
	4.	neglect - the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern neglectfulness, negligence carelessness, sloppiness - the quality of not being careful or taking pains dereliction, willful neglect, delinquency - a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes"; "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities" laxness, remissness, laxity, slackness - the quality of being lax and neglectful
	5.	neglect - failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances negligence, nonperformance, carelessness nonaccomplishment, nonachievement - an act that does not achieve its intended goal dereliction - willful negligence comparative negligence - (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff concurrent negligence - (law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately contributory negligence - (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; "in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages" criminal negligence, culpable negligence - (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) neglect of duty - (law) breach of a duty dodging, escape, evasion - nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
Verb	1.	neglect - leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" leave out, omit, pretermit, overleap, overlook, miss, drop forget - forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!" pass over, skip, skip over, jump - bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" attend to, take to heart - get down to; pay attention to; take seriously; "Attend to your duties, please"
	2.	neglect - fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account" fail lose track - fail to keep informed or aware; "She has so many books, she just lost track and cannot find this volume" strike out - put out or be put out by a strikeout; "Oral struck out three batters to close the inning" default, default on - fail to pay up choke - fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience" muff - fail to catch, as of a ball miss - fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"
	3.	neglect - fail to attend to; "he neglects his children" slack - be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"
	4.	neglect - give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" disregard, ignore pretermit - disregard intentionally or let pass

---

neglect

verb

1. disregard, ignore, leave alone, turn your back on, fail to look after The woman denied that she had neglected her child.
disregard remember, look after, take care of, attend to

2. shirk, forget, overlook, omit, evade, pass over, skimp, procrastinate over, let slide, be remiss in or about If you don't keep an eye on them, children tend to neglect their homework.

3. fail, forget, omit She neglected to inform me of her change of plans.

noun

1. negligence, inattention, unconcern hundreds of orphans, old and handicapped people, some of whom have since died of neglect
negligence care, attention, consideration

2. shirking, failure, oversight, carelessness, dereliction, forgetfulness, slackness, laxity, laxness, slovenliness, remissness her deliberate neglect of her professional duty

Translations

neglect [nɪˈglekt]

A. N (= carelessness) → descuido m; (= negligence) → negligencia f; (in appearance) → dejadez f; [of rules, duty] → incumplimiento m; (= neglected state) → abandono m; (towards others) → desatención f
the garden was in a state of neglect → el jardín estaba muy descuidado or abandonado
the plants had died of neglect → las plantas se habían muerto de no cuidarlas

B. VT

1. [+ obligations] → descuidar, desatender; [+ duty] → no cumplir con, faltar a; [+ friends, family] → desatender; [+ opportunity] → desperdiciar, desaprovechar; [+ work, garden] → descuidar

2. (= omit) to neglect to do sth → omitir hacer algo
they neglected to mention this fact → omitieron mencionar este hecho, no mencionaron este hecho

---

neglect [nɪˈglɛkt]

vt

(= fail to look after) [+ child, patient] → négliger; [+ plant, garden, building] → négliger

[+ duty, reponsibilities, homework] → négliger
They never neglect their duties → Ils ne négligent jamais leurs devoirs.
to neglect to do sth → négliger de faire qch

(= pay little attention to) [+ person] → négliger

n [person, duty] → négligence f
It was neglect that caused the infant's death → Ce fut la négligence qui a provoqué la mort du nourrisson.

(= state) → abandon m
to suffer from neglect → être laissé à l'abandon
housing estates suffering from vandalism and neglect → des cités en proie au vandalisme et laissées à l'abandon
state of neglect → état d'abandon

---

neglect

vt → vernachlässigen; promise → nicht einhalten; advice → nicht befolgen; opportunity → versäumen; to neglect to do something → es versäumen or unterlassen, etw zu tun

n → Vernachlässigung f; (of promise) → Nichteinhalten nt; (of opportunity) → Versäumen nt; (of advice) → Nichtbefolgung f; (= negligence) → Nachlässigkeit f; neglect of one’s duties → Pflichtvergessenheit f, → Pflichtversäumnis nt; to be in a state of neglect → verwahrlost sein, völlig vernachlässigt sein; the garden suffered through (our) neglect → der Garten hat darunter gelitten, dass wir ihn vernachlässigt haben

---

neglect [nɪˈglɛkt]

1. vt (friends, children, garden) → trascurare; (opportunity) → lasciarsi sfuggire; (obligations) → mancare a
to neglect to do sth → trascurare or tralasciare di fare qc

2. n (lack of care) → trascuratezza; (of child) → il trascurare; (of duty) → negligenza; (of rule) → mancata osservanza
neglect of one's appearance → trascuratezza nel vestire
his neglect of his friends → l'aver trascurato gli amici
in a state of neglect (house, garden) → in stato di abbandono

---

neglect [nɪˈglɛkt]

1. vt (friends, children, garden) → trascurare; (opportunity) → lasciarsi sfuggire; (obligations) → mancare a
to neglect to do sth → trascurare or tralasciare di fare qc

2. n (lack of care) → trascuratezza; (of child) → il trascurare; (of duty) → negligenza; (of rule) → mancata osservanza
neglect of one's appearance → trascuratezza nel vestire
his neglect of his friends → l'aver trascurato gli amici
in a state of neglect (house, garden) → in stato di abbandono

---

neglect

v neglect [niˈglekt]

1 to treat carelessly or not give enough attention to He neglected his work. verwaarloos يُهْمِل пренебрегвам zanedbávat forsømme vernachlässigen παραμελώ, αμελώ descuidar, desatender unarusse jätma فرو گذاری laiminlyödä négliger לְהַזנִיחַ लापरवाही करना zanemariti,ne brinuti se elhanyagol melalaikan vanrækja trascurare 怠る 무시하다 apleisti, nesirūpinti izturēties nevērīgi; pamest novārtā mengabaikan verwaarlozen forsømme, vanskjøtte, neglisjere zaniedbywać desleixar-se a neglija пренебрегать; не заботиться zanedbávať zanemariti zapostaviti försumma ไม่สนใจ ihmal etmek, boş vermek 忽視 нехтувати; зневажати غفلت برتنا sao lãng 忽视

2 to fail (to do something) He neglected to answer the letter. nalaat يَفْشَل أن пропускам opominout undlade versäumen αμελώ να κάνω κτ. no cumplir con tegemata jätma غفلت کردن jättää tekemättä négliger לִשכּוֹחַ उपेक्षा करना ne izvršiti elmulaszt lalai trassa, vanrækja dimenticare 怠る 소홀히 하다 nepadaryti ko atstāt nedarītu gagal verzuimen unnlate zapomnieć, zaniedbać esquecer-se de a omite, a neglija не выполнять; забывать zabudnúť pozabiti propustiti underlåta, låta bli พลาด ihmal etmek, yapmakta kusur etmek 疏漏 не турбуватися про ناکام پونا bỏ mặc 疏漏

n

lack of care and attention The garden is suffering from neglect. verwaarlosing إهْمال، عَدَم عِنايَه занемаряване zanedbanost forsømmelse die Vernachlässigung αμέλεια, παραμέληση descuido, dejadez hooletussejätmine غفلت laiminlyönti manque de soins הַזנָחָה उपेक्षा zapuštenost elhanyagolás kelalaian vanræksla abbandono, trascuratezza 放っておくこと 부주의 nerūpestingumas, dėmesio stoka nolaidība; nekoptība; neaprūpēšana terbiar verwaarlozing forsømmelse, vanstell zaniedbanie desleixo neîngrijire запущенность, заброшенность zanedbanosť zanemarjenost zapostavljanje vanskötsel, vanvård การละเลย ihmal, boş verme 疏忽 нехтування; неувага غفلت thờ ơ 疏忽

---

neglect → إهمال, يُهْمِل zanedbat, zanedbávání forsømme, forsømmelse vernachlässigen, Vernachlässigung αμέλεια, παραμελώ descuidar, negligencia laiminlyönti, lyödä laimin négligence, négliger zanemariti, zanemarivanje trascurare, trascuratezza おろそかにする, 怠慢 무시, 무시하다 verwaarlozen, verwaarlozing forsømme, forsømmelse zaniedbać, zaniedbanie negligência, negligenciar пренебрегать, пренебрежение försumma, försummelse การละเลย, ทอดทิ้ง ihmal, ihmal etmek sao lãng, sự sao lãng 忽视