neglect
/nəɡlˈɛkt/ · 2 syllables
Meaning
verb
- leave undone or leave out
“How could I miss that typo?” - fail to do something; leave something undone
“She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib” - fail to attend to
“he neglects his children” - give little or no attention to
“Disregard the errors”
noun
- lack of attention and due care
- the state of something that has been unused and neglected
“the house was in a terrible state of neglect” - willful lack of care and attention
- the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
- failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
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