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▪ I. disregard, n.|dɪsrɪˈgɑːd|
[f. dis- 9 + regard n.]
1. a. Want of regard; neglect, inattention; in earlier use often, the withholding of the regard which is due, slighting, undue neglect; in later use, the treating of anything as of no importance.
1665Glanvill Scepsis Sci. xiv. 89 We can be bold without resentment, yet it may be with an invincible disregard. 1733Neal Hist. Purit. II. 478 The Bishops fell under a general disregard. 1795Ld. Auckland Corr. (1862) III. 280 Acts..which tend to the levelling of thrones and conditions, and give to monarchs a more certain disregard and disrespect than all the labours..of the Jacobins. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. (1871) V. xlv. 318 Disregard and sympathy seemed to be equally distasteful to him.
b. Constr. of (for, to).
1716Addison Freeholder 39 (Seager) A disregard of fame. a1732Atterbury Prov. xiv. 6 (Seager) A disregard for everything besides. 1736Butler Anal. ii. vi. 224 Profaneness and avowed Disregard to all Religion. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 114 An extreme disregard of..historical accuracy. 1882J. H. Blunt Ref. Ch. Eng. II. 484 His lawless disregard for the principles of the Reformation settlement.
2. (See quot. 1940.)
1940Manch. Guardian Weekly 8 Mar. 192 What Mr. Elliot inelegantly but conveniently called ‘disregards’—..the forms of income which are to be disregarded when the means of an applicant for supplementary pension are assessed. 1955Times 15 June 3/6 There was a case for saying that the disregards in relation to pensions were not adequate. 1959Times 25 June 14/4 The regulations dealt with..those disregards which related to earnings. The National Assistance Bill was necessary to give powers to deal with the other disregards.
▪ II. disregard, v.|dɪsrɪˈgɑːd|
[f. dis- 6 + regard v.]
trans. To treat without regard, to pay no regard to. a. In earlier use, esp., to treat without due regard, respect, or attention; to neglect unduly, to slight.
1641Milton Animadv. To Postscr., Wks. (1847) 74/2 To take sanctuary among those churches which..formerly you have disregarded and despised. 1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 144 To make all the people disregard and despise the Gospel. 1760–72tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (ed. 3) I. 458 Quarries of fine stone; but these are utterly disregarded by the inhabitants. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. II. 85 Those who have attacked, and those who have defended..have alike disregarded two very remarkable passages of two orations pronounced under the succeeding reign.
b. In later use, esp., to treat as of no importance, to pay no attention to.
1793Holcroft Lavater's Physiog. xxi. 107 Desirous of private happiness he disregards public opinion. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 155 The king..advised the treasurer to disregard idle rumours. 1869Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 421, I have had symptoms that must not be disregarded.
Hence disreˈgarded ppl. a. (whence disreˈgardedness, state of being disregarded); disreˈgarding vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1659C. Noble Mod. Answ. Immod. Q. 6 To charge him with neglects and slightings and disregardings to his friends. 1659D. Pell Impr. Sea 185 Unto which Ambassage the Queen of England..returned this bold, smiling, and disregarding answer. 1667J. Flavel Saint Indeed (1754) 24 In the disregarded heart, swarms of vain foolish thoughts are perpetually working. 1791Cowper Iliad viii. 561 Then sullen nurse thy disregarded spleen. a1854Ld. Cockburn Circuit Journ. (1883) 95 Its surrounding bad taste and selfish disregardedness. |