ne·glect (n -gl kt )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, negl  ct- : neg-, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + legere, to choose, pick up; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]ne·glect er n. |
neglect
Verb
1. to fail to give due care or attention to: she had neglected her child
2. to fail (to do something) through carelessness: he neglected to greet his guests
3. to disregard: he neglected his duty
Noun
1. lack of due care or attention: the city had a look of shabbiness and neglect
2. the state of being neglected [Latin neglegere]
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.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  neglect - lack of attention and due care 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" 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 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 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" | |
| 5. | neglect - failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances 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 | |
| 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" 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" 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" pretermit - disregard intentionally or let pass |
neglect
verb 1. disregard, ignore, leave alone, turn your back on, fail to look after << OPPOSITE look after
verb 2. shirk, forget, overlook, omit, evade, pass over, skimp, procrastinate over, let slide, be remiss in or about
noun 5. shirking, failure, oversight, carelessness, dereliction, forgetfulness, slackness, laxity, laxness, slovenliness, remissness
Translations
neglect [nɪˈglɛkt] vt [+ one's duty] → faltar a, no cumplir con [+ child]; descuidar, desatender
n (state) → abandono;
(personal) → dejadez f [of duty] → incumplimiento;
neglect [nɪˈglɛkt] vt → négliger [+ garden]; ne pas entretenir [+ duty]; manquer à
(state of) neglect → abandon m;
to neglect one's appearance → se négliger
neglect [nɪˈglɛkt] vt → trascurare
n [of person, duty] → negligenza;
to neglect to do sth → trascurare or tralasciare di fare qc
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 ...을 유의하지 않다, 경시하다 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. cumplir con no tegemata jätma غفلت کردن jättää tekemättä négliger לִשכּוֹחַ उपेक्षा करना ne izvršiti elmulaszt lalai trassa, vanrækja dimenticare 怠る ...을 하지 않다 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 hoitamattomuus manque de soins הַזנָחָה उपेक्षा zapuštenost elhanyagolás kelalaian vanræksla abbandono, trascuratezza 放っておくこと 무시, 돌보지 않음 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
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