1. neglect - noun
· lack of attention and due care
Synonym(s): disregard
Hypernym(s): inattention
2. neglect - noun
· the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
Synonym(s): disuse
Hypernym(s): decline, declination
3. neglect - noun
· willful lack of care and attention
Synonym(s): disregard
Hypernym(s): mistreatment
4. neglect - noun
· the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
Synonym(s): negligence, neglectfulness
Hypernym(s): carelessness, sloppiness
5. neglect - noun
· failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Synonym(s): negligence, carelessness, nonperformance
Hypernym(s): nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
6. neglect - verb
· leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
Synonym(s): pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave_out, overlook, overleap
Antonym(s): attend_to
7. neglect - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): fail
8. neglect - verb
· fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
9. neglect - verb
· give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"
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