neglectedadjective
uk/nɪˈɡlek.tɪd/us/nɪˈɡlek.tɪd/not receiving enough care or attention:
She was distressed at how neglected the children looked.
More examples
- The badly neglected paintings have all been carefully restored.
- His claim to be an important and unjustly neglected painter is sheer self-deception - he's no good at all.
- The cats were neglected and starving.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Neglecting and ignoring
- beneath the/sb's radar idiom
- block sth out
- brush sth off
- bury/have your head in the sand idiom
- bypass
- lay
- let sth ride idiom
- look straight/right through sb idiom
- lost
- lost in the shuffle idiom
- moulder
- push
- ride
- snub
- step
- step on sb
- sweep sth aside
- there's none so deaf as those who will not hear idiom
- tune
- wave
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