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neglected

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.neglected - disregardedneglected - disregarded; "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice"
unnoticed - not noticed; "hoped his departure had passed unnoticed"
2.neglected - lacking a caretakerneglected - lacking a caretaker; "a neglected child"; "many casualties were lying unattended"
uncared-for - lacking needed care and attention

neglected
adjective
1. uncared-for, abandoned, underestimated, disregarded, undervalued, unappreciated The fact that he is not coming today makes his grandmother feel neglected.
2. run down, derelict, overgrown, uncared-for a neglected house with an overgrown garden
Translations
neglected [nɪˈglektɪd] ADJ [child] → desatendido; [house, garden] → descuidado, abandonado; [appearance] (of person) → descuidado, desaliñado; [promise] → incumplido
he is a much neglected composeres un compositor insuficientemente or poco reconocido

neglected [nɪˈglɛktɪd] adj
[garden, building] → négligé(e)
The garden is neglected → Le jardin est négligé.
(= overlooked) [person] → négligé(e); [subject, aspect] → négligé(e)
to feel neglected → se sentir négligé
a neglected aspect of London's history → un aspect négligé de l'histoire de Londres

neglected
adjvernachlässigt; area, garden etc alsoverwahrlost; to feel neglectedsich vernachlässigt fühlen

neglected [nɪˈglɛktɪd] adjtrascurato/a

neglected مهمل zanedbaný forsømt vernachlässigt παραμελημένος descuidado laiminlyöty négligé zanemaren trascurato おろそかにされた 무시된 verwaarloosd forsømt zaniedbany abandonado запущенный försummad ถูกทอดทิ้ง ihmal edilmiş bị sao lãng 被忽视的


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The old madame did not venture to say she was afraid they would be neglected during Leonce's absence; she hardly ventured to think so.
So the Sons dug up all the weeds, and all the vines too, and even neglected to bury the old man.
The Director of the Observatory gathered up the manuscript and went away, explaining that it needed correction; he had neglected to dot an m.
 
 
 
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