neglect :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

disuse

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

disregard

n. lack of attention and due care

disregard

n. willful lack of care and attention

negligence, neglectfulness

n. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

negligence, carelessness, nonperformance

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

neglect

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"

ignore, disregard

v. give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"

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

v. 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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nonchalance, unconcern, indifference

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

pretermission

n. letting pass without notice

negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance

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

negligence, neglect, neglectfulness

n. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

force, forcefulness, strength

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, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother

n. a confused multitude of things

bankruptcy, failure

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

oversight, lapse

n. a mistake resulting from inattention

ignore, disregard, snub, cut

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

diss, 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

v. attack as false or wrong

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

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

rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject

v. dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"

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

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

repudiate

v. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"

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

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

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

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

disinherit, disown

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

condemn

v. appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway"

oppose, controvert, contradict

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

protest, resist, dissent

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

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

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

rebuff, snub, repel

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

overlook

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

neglect, ignore, disregard

v. give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"

leave, leave alone, leave behind

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"

consider

v. regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"

attend to, take to heart

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

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