neglect
noun
- 1
willful lack of care and attention
- 2
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
- 3
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
- 4
lack of attention and due care
- 5
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
the house was in a terrible state of neglect
verb
- 1
leave undone or leave out
How could I miss that typo?
The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
- 2
fail to attend to
he neglects his children
- 3
give little or no attention to
Disregard the errors
- 4
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
Also useful for “neglect”:Unscrambler— Rearrange the letters in “neglect”