NEGLECT
\nɪɡlˈɛkt], \nɪɡlˈɛkt], \n_ɪ_ɡ_l_ˈɛ_k_t]\
Definitions of NEGLECT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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lack of attention and due care
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leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
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the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
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fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
By Princeton University
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lack of attention and due care
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leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
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the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
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fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.
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To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.
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Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy.
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Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers.
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Habitual carelessness; negligence.
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The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.
By Oddity Software
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Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.
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To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.
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Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy.
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Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers.
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Habitual carelessness; negligence.
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The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.
By Noah Webster.
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Omission to do that which should be done; habitual lack of attention; disregard; carelessness.
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To omit to do, by carelessness or design; to slight; disregard.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To fail to attend to; ignore; overlook; disregard.
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Want of attention; disregard; omission; oversight.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Omission; forbearance to do anything that should be done; slight; habitual want of regard; state of disregard.
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To omit by carelessness or design; to disregard; to slight; not to notice.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To omit by carelessness or design; to slight or disregard; not to heed; not to care for; not to attend to.
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Omission to do anything-that can be done, or that requires to be done; slight; habitual want of regard.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Omission; inattention; act of failing in duty or observance; negligence;- want of civility; indifference; slight; state of being overlooked or disregarded.
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