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neglect

Definition for neglect

noun as in disregard

noun as in failure, default

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Example Sentences

“Too often the injustices neglect nameless faces and stories,” Dandolo writes in an email.

Those who neglect or mistrust him may be punished--indeed may deserve to be.

As Victoria spoke, my heart broke as it does every time I hear stories of patient neglect.

Police in Hampshire must now decide whether to extradite the Kings back to England and file kidnapping and neglect charges.

Now their son has been taken from them and they face criminal charges of neglect and child endangerment.

I think that there has been neglect and laxity in the matter of not driving out the Japanese.

“Ill-usage” expresses the date of the death of Columbus in 1506, as he died in great neglect.

He could not complain of the neglect of mankind, or of the ingratitude of those he served.

The position was irremediable; Tom's neglect and inefficiency were established beyond question.

But in spite of this the neglect rankled, and from that day he was no longer the blindly devoted follower of Napoleon.

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On this page you'll find 251 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to neglect, such as: carelessness, disrespect, indifference, oversight, coolness, and delinquency.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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