neglect

ne·glect

N0050800 (nĭ-glĕkt′)tr.v. ne·glect·ed, ne·glect·ing, ne·glects 1. To pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard: neglected their warnings.2. To fail to care for or attend to properly: neglects her appearance.3. To fail to do or carry out, as through carelessness or oversight: neglected to return the call.n.1. The act or an instance of neglecting something: Your neglect of my advice will only make matters worse.2. The state or fact of being neglected: The garden fell into neglect.3. Habitual lack of care: The dog has been subjected to terrible neglect.

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[Latin neglegere, neglēct- : neg-, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + legere, to choose, pick up; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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ne·glect′er n.

neglect

(nɪˈɡlɛkt) vb (tr) 1. to fail to give due care, attention, or time to: to neglect a child. 2. to fail (to do something) through thoughtlessness or carelessness: he neglected to tell her. 3. to ignore or disregard: she neglected his frantic signals. n4. lack of due care or attention; negligence: the child starved through neglect. 5. the act or an instance of neglecting or the state of being neglected[C16: from Latin neglegere to neglect, from nec not + legere to select] neˈglecter, neˈglector n

ne•glect

(nɪˈglɛkt)
v.t. 1. to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight. 2. to be remiss in the care of: to neglect one's appearance. 3. to omit, as through indifference or carelessness: to neglect to reply to an invitation. 4. to fail to carry out or perform: to neglect the household chores. n. 5. an act or instance of neglecting; negligence: The neglect of the property was shameful. 6. the fact or state of being neglected: a beauty marred by neglect. [1520–30; < Latin neglēctus, variant of neclēctus, past participle of neglegere, neclegere to disregard, ignore, slight =nec not + legere to pick up] syn: See slight.

neglect

In artillery and naval gunfire support, a report to the observer/spotter to indicate that the last round(s) was fired with incorrect data and that the round(s) will be fired again using correct data.

neglect

Past participle: neglected
Gerund: neglecting

Imperative
neglect
neglect

Present
I neglect
you neglect
he/she/it neglects
we neglect
you neglect
they neglect

Preterite
I neglected
you neglected
he/she/it neglected
we neglected
you neglected
they neglected

Present Continuous
I am neglecting
you are neglecting
he/she/it is neglecting
we are neglecting
you are neglecting
they are neglecting

Present Perfect
I have neglected
you have neglected
he/she/it has neglected
we have neglected
you have neglected
they have neglected

Past Continuous
I was neglecting
you were neglecting
he/she/it was neglecting
we were neglecting
you were neglecting
they were neglecting

Past Perfect
I had neglected
you had neglected
he/she/it had neglected
we had neglected
you had neglected
they had neglected

Future
I will neglect
you will neglect
he/she/it will neglect
we will neglect
you will neglect
they will neglect

Future Perfect
I will have neglected
you will have neglected
he/she/it will have neglected
we will have neglected
you will have neglected
they will have neglected

Future Continuous
I will be neglecting
you will be neglecting
he/she/it will be neglecting
we will be neglecting
you will be neglecting
they will be neglecting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been neglecting
you have been neglecting
he/she/it has been neglecting
we have been neglecting
you have been neglecting
they have been neglecting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been neglecting
you will have been neglecting
he/she/it will have been neglecting
we will have been neglecting
you will have been neglecting
they will have been neglecting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been neglecting
you had been neglecting
he/she/it had been neglecting
we had been neglecting
you had been neglecting
they had been neglecting

Conditional
I would neglect
you would neglect
he/she/it would neglect
we would neglect
you would neglect
they would neglect

Past Conditional
I would have neglected
you would have neglected
he/she/it would have neglected
we would have neglected
you would have neglected
they would have neglected

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	neglect - lack of attention and due care disregardinattention - lack of attentionomission - neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something
	2.	neglect - the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"disusedeclination, decline - a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better stateomission - something that has been omitted; "she searched the table for omissions"
	3.	neglect - willful lack of care and attentiondisregardmistreatment - the practice of treating (someone or something) badly; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother"despite - contemptuous disregard; "she wanted neither favor nor despite"
	4.	neglect - the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concernneglectfulness, negligencecarelessness, sloppiness - the quality of not being careful or taking painsdereliction, willful neglect, delinquency - a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes"; "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities"laxness, remissness, laxity, slackness - the quality of being lax and neglectful
	5.	neglect - failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstancesnegligence, nonperformance, carelessnessnonaccomplishment, nonachievement - an act that does not achieve its intended goaldereliction - willful negligencecomparative negligence - (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiffconcurrent negligence - (law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separatelycontributory negligence - (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; "in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages"criminal negligence, culpable negligence - (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences)neglect of duty - (law) breach of a dutydodging, escape, evasion - nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
Verb	1.	neglect - leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"leave out, omit, pretermit, overleap, overlook, miss, dropforget - forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!"pass over, skip, skip over, jump - bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"attend to, take to heart - get down to; pay attention to; take seriously; "Attend to your duties, please"
	2.	neglect - 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"faillose track - fail to keep informed or aware; "She has so many books, she just lost track and cannot find this volume"strike out - put out or be put out by a strikeout; "Oral struck out three batters to close the inning"default, default on - fail to pay upchoke - fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"muff - fail to catch, as of a ballmiss - fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"
	3.	neglect - fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"slack - be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"
	4.	neglect - give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"disregard, ignorepretermit - disregard intentionally or let pass

neglect

verb1. disregard, ignore, leave alone, turn your back on, fail to look after The woman denied that she had neglected her child.
disregard remember, look after, take care of, attend to2. shirk, forget, overlook, omit, evade, pass over, skimp, procrastinate over, let slide, be remiss in or about If you don't keep an eye on them, children tend to neglect their homework.3. fail, forget, omit She neglected to inform me of her change of plans.noun1. negligence, inattention, unconcern hundreds of orphans, old and handicapped people, some of whom have since died of neglect
negligence care, attention, consideration2. shirking, failure, oversight, carelessness, dereliction, forgetfulness, slackness, laxity, laxness, slovenliness, remissness her deliberate neglect of her professional duty

neglect

verb1. To refuse to pay attention to (a person); treat with contempt:disregard, ignore, slight.Regional: igg.2. To fail to care for or give proper attention to:disregard, ignore, slight.3. To not do (something necessary):default, fail, omit.4. To avoid the fulfillment of:disregard, shirk, slack.Idiom: let slide.noun1. An act or instance of neglecting:disregard, oversight, slight.2. Nonperformance of what ought to be done:default, delinquency, dereliction, failure, omission.Law: nonfeasance.

Translations

忽视疏忽疏漏

neglect

(niˈglekt) verb1. to treat carelessly or not give enough attention to. He neglected his work. 忽視 忽视2. to fail (to do something). He neglected to answer the letter. 疏忽 疏漏 noun lack of care and attention. The garden is suffering from neglect. 疏忽 疏忽

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