You must account for your neglect of duty.
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Neglect
//nɪˈɡlɛkt//
Synonyms for "neglect" (165 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (50)
Related words (82)
misguidancemishandlingmismanagementmisrulemissneglectfulnessnodnonaccomplishmentnonachievementnonadherencenoncompletionnoncompliancenonconformancenonconformitynonconsummationnondischargingnonexecutionnonfeasancenonfulfillmentnoninterference
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nonobservancenonperformancenot care fornot get involvednot heednot thinkomissionomitoverleapoverlookoverpassoversightpasspass bypass overpass uppassivenesspassivitypay no attention topermissivenesspooh poohpooh-poohpretermitprocrastinationrebuffrefuse to acknowledgerefuse to recognizerejectremissnessrenouncerough edgesscantscornshirkshrug offsisyphean laborslackslacknesssleepslideslightslightingslur overspurntake for grantedthink little ofunconcernunfulfillmentunobservancework of penelopewrongdoing
Noun(2 words)
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Translations
208 translations across 44 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- mbasdor verb (fail to care for)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- παραμελέω verb (fail to care for)
- περιοράω verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
- ἀμελέω verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Arabic
2 entries- إِهْمَال noun (act of neglecting)
- أَهْمَلَ verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- उपेक्षा noun (act of neglecting)
Bulgarian
4 entries- запуснатост noun (state of being neglected)
- изоставеност noun (state of being neglected)
- небрежност noun (habitual lack of care)
- пренебрежение noun (act of neglecting)
Catalan
3 entries- negligència noun (act of neglecting)
- negligir verb (fail to care for)
- negligir verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎬᎨᏫᏍᏗ verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Chinese
1 entries- 疏忽 noun (act of neglecting)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 忽略 verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
- 忽视 verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Czech
4 entries- zanedbání noun (act of neglecting)
- zanedbat verb (fail to care for)
- zanedbat verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
- zanedbat verb (failure due to carelessness)
Danish
4 entries- forsømmelse noun (act of neglecting)
- forsømthed noun (state of being neglected)
- negligering noun (act of neglecting)
- forsømme verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Dutch
4 entries- nalatigheid noun (act of neglecting)
- nalatigheid noun (habitual lack of care)
- onzorgvuldigheid noun (act of neglecting)
- verwaarlozing noun (act of neglecting)
Esperanto
3 entries- neglektado noun (act of neglecting)
- neglekti verb (fail to care for)
- neglekti verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Finnish
4 entries- heitteillejättö noun (act of neglecting)
- laiminlyönti noun (act of neglecting)
- välinpitämättömyys noun (act of neglecting)
- välinpitämättömyys noun (habitual lack of care)
French
4 entries- négligence noun (act of neglecting)
- négligence noun (habitual lack of care)
- négliger verb (fail to care for)
- négliger verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Galician
4 entries- arranglar verb (fail to care for)
- descoidar verb (fail to care for)
- descurar verb (fail to care for)
- descurar verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Georgian
4 entries- აბუჩად აგდება verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
- არად მიჩნევა verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
- დაუდევრობა verb (fail to care for)
- მიგდება verb (fail to care for)
German
4 entries- Nachlässigkeit noun (habitual lack of care)
- Vernachlässigung noun (act of neglecting)
- ausblenden verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
- ausklammern verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Greek
3 entries- αμέλεια noun (act of neglecting)
- αμελώ verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
- παραμελώ verb (fail to care for)
Hebrew
1 entries- הזנחה noun (act of neglecting)
Hindi
4 entries- उपेक्षा noun (act of neglecting)
- उपेक्षित noun (state of being neglected)
- अवहेलना verb (fail to care for)
- अवहेलना verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Hungarian
3 entries- elhanyagolás noun (act of neglecting)
- elhanyagol verb (fail to care for)
- elhanyagol verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Irish
1 entries- faillí noun (act of neglecting)
Italian
4 entries- negligenza noun (act of neglecting)
- ignorare verb (fail to care for)
- mancare verb (fail to care for)
- negligere verb (fail to care for)
Japanese
4 entries- 忽略 noun (act of neglecting)
- 怠慢 noun (act of neglecting)
- 無視 noun (act of neglecting)
- 忽略する verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Korean
3 entries- 태만 noun (act of neglecting)
- 등한히 하다 verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
- 소홀히 하다 verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Latin
4 entries- neglectus noun (act of neglecting)
- neglegō verb (fail to care for)
- neglegō verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
- oblīvīscor verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Macedonian
4 entries- запоставеност noun (state of being neglected)
- запоставување noun (act of neglecting)
- негрижа noun (act of neglecting)
- негрижа noun (habitual lack of care)
Māori
4 entries- iwikoretanga noun (state of being neglected)
- pī verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
- whakahapa verb (fail to care for)
- whakahapa verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- upuzi verb (fail to care for)
Norman
1 entries- néglyigi verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- небрѣщи verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Old English
4 entries- forġīemednes noun (state of being neglected)
- unġīemen noun (act of neglecting)
- unġīemen noun (state of being neglected)
- unġīemen noun (habitual lack of care)
Polish
4 entries- zaniedbać verb (fail to care for)
- zaniedbać verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
- zaniedbywać verb (fail to care for)
- zaniedbywać verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Portuguese
4 entries- negligência noun (act of neglecting)
- descurar verb (fail to care for)
- negligenciar verb (fail to care for)
- negligenciar verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Romanian
3 entries- a nu ține cont de verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
- delăsa verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
- neglija verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Russian
4 entries- небре́жность noun (habitual lack of care)
- пренебреже́ние noun (act of neglecting)
- забрасывать verb (fail to care for)
- запускать verb (fail to care for)
Slovak
2 entries- zanedbať verb (fail to care for)
- zanedbať verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Spanish
4 entries- abandono noun (act of neglecting)
- negligencia noun (act of neglecting)
- negligencia noun (habitual lack of care)
- desatender verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Swedish
4 entries- försummelse noun (act of neglecting)
- försumma verb (fail to care for)
- försumma verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
- negligera verb (fail to care for)
Tagalog
2 entries- pabayaan verb (fail to care for)
- pabayaan verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Tocharian B
1 entries- yäk verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зане́дбувати verb (fail to care for)
- занедба́ти verb (fail to care for)
- занеха́ювати verb (fail to care for)
- занеха́яти verb (fail to care for)
Vietnamese
4 entries- bỏ lơ verb (fail to care for)
- bỏ lơ verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
- bỏ mặc verb (fail to care for)
- bỏ mặc verb (omit to notice; slight; disregard)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
You can't afford to neglect your health.
Source: tatoeba (16048)
You are not to neglect your duty.
Source: tatoeba (20030)
It is silly of you to neglect your studies.
Source: tatoeba (21637)
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