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Neglect

//nɪˈɡlɛkt// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of neglecting. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    willful lack of care and attention wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being neglected. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances wordnet
  5. 5
    Habitual lack of care. countable, uncountable

    "Fifteen participants argued that the neglect of discourse on relationships had major implications for the ability of adolescents to acquire courtship skills and maintain relationships. This neglect means that the students acquire knowledge and skills through the media and by observing and imitating others in their immediate environment."

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  1. 6
    the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern wordnet
  2. 7
    lack of attention and due care wordnet
  3. 8
    the state of something that has been unused and neglected wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To fail to care for or attend to something. transitive

    "to neglect duty or business;  to neglect to pay debts"

  2. 2
    leave undone or leave out wordnet
  3. 3
    To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight. transitive

    "to neglect strangers"

  4. 4
    fail to attend to wordnet
  5. 5
    To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness. transitive

    "A friend of mine who runs an intellectual magazine was grousing about his movie critic, complaining that though the fellow had liked The Godfather (page 58), he had neglected to label it clearly as a masterpiece."

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  1. 6
    give little or no attention to wordnet
  2. 7
    To ignore for the sake of simplifying calculations without significantly affecting accuracy. transitive

    "We can neglect this term, as it approaches zero in the limit anyway."

  3. 8
    fail to do something; leave something undone wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

The verb is inherited from Middle English neglect, neclect, derived from Latin neglēctus, perfect passive participle of neglegō (“to make light of, disregard, not to pick up”), itself from nec (“not”) + legō (“to pick up, select”). The noun is from neglēctus (“neglect”). First attested in 1460, the noun in 1588.

Etymology 2

The verb is inherited from Middle English neglect, neclect, derived from Latin neglēctus, perfect passive participle of neglegō (“to make light of, disregard, not to pick up”), itself from nec (“not”) + legō (“to pick up, select”). The noun is from neglēctus (“neglect”). First attested in 1460, the noun in 1588.

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