Neglect word meaning and definition

[noun] willful lack of care and attention
[noun] failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
[noun] the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
[noun] lack of attention and due care
[noun] the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
[verb] leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
[verb] fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
[verb] give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"
[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"

\Neg*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neglected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Neglecting}.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. neing, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf. Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See {No}, adv., {Legend}, {Who}.] 1. 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. I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs. --Shak. This, my long suffering and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton. 2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers. Syn: To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See {Slight}.
\Neg*lect"\, n. [L. neglectus. See {Neglect}, v.] 1. 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. To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame, Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. --Milton. 2. Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers. 3. Habitual carelessness; negligence. Age breeds neglect in all. --Denham. 4. The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected. Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect. --Prior. Syn: Negligence; inattention; disregard; disesteem; remissness; indifference. See {Negligence}.

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