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neglect

n. the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"

disregard

n. willful lack of care and attention

disregard

n. lack of attention and due care

negligence, carelessness, nonperformance

n. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

negligence, neglectfulness

n. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

fail to attend to

v. fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"

fail

v. 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"

disregard, slight, ignore, cold-shoulder

v. have no respect for

drop, miss, overlook, omit, overleap, leave out, leave undone

v. leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

indifference, nonchalance, unconcern

n. the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern

disregard, pretermission

n. letting pass without notice

neglect, negligence, neglectfulness

n. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

force, strength, forcefulness

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

mess, messiness, muss, mussiness

n. a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

clutter, jumble, smother, muddle, welter, mare's nest

n. a confused multitude of things

bankruptcy

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

breakdown, crack-up

n. a mental or physical breakdown

lapse, oversight

n. a mistake resulting from inattention

neglect, negligence, carelessness, nonperformance

n. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

cut, disregard, snub, ignore

v. refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"

insult, affront

v. treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"

impugn, attack as false, attack as wrong

v. attack as false or wrong

fire, arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

reject, scorn, disdain, turn down, spurn, pooh-pooh, freeze off

v. reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"

drop, neglect, miss, overlook, omit, overleap, leave out, leave undone

v. leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

renounce, repudiate

v. cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

refuse to acknowledge, disavow

v. refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

disclaim, renounce title to

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

discard, toss, fling, put away, throw out, chuck out, throw away, cast away, cast out, cast aside, toss away, toss out, dispose of

v. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

disinherit, disown

v. prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

condemn, judge unfit, declare unfit

v. declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"

contradict, controvert, oppose

v. be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"

protest, dissent, resist

v. express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"

discount, disregard, ignore, brush off, dismiss, brush aside, push aside

v. bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"

rebuff, snub, repel, brush off

v. reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"

overlook

v. watch over; "I am overlooking her work"

disregard, neglect, slight, ignore, cold-shoulder

v. have no respect for

leave, leave unaltered, leave unchanged

v. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

regard, view, see, reckon, take to be, consider

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

get down to, take to heart, pay attention to, take seriously, attend to

v. get down to; pay attention to; take seriously; "Attend to your duties, please"

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