neglect


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neglect
v. disregard, ignore; be negligent; forget to perform (a duty), shirk; fail to care for, abandon
 
n. disregard, inattention; negligence; forgetfulness; abandonment

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Neglect
Neglect is a passive form of abuse in which a perpetrator is responsible to provide care for a victim who is unable to care for himself or herself, but fails to provide adequate care.

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neglect

Noun
1. lack of attention and due care
(synonym) disregard
(hypernym) inattention
(hyponym) omission
(derivation) ignore, disregard
2. the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
(synonym) disuse
(hypernym) decline, declination
(hyponym) omission
3. willful lack of care and attention
(synonym) disregard
(hypernym) mistreatment
(hyponym) despite
4. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
(synonym) negligence, neglectfulness
(hypernym) carelessness
(hyponym) delinquency, dereliction, willful neglect
5. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
(synonym) negligence, carelessness, nonperformance
(hypernym) nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
(hyponym) dereliction
(derivation) pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap

Verb
1. leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
(synonym) pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
(antonym) attend to, take to heart
(hyponym) forget
(derivation) negligence, carelessness, nonperformance
2. 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"
(synonym) fail
(hyponym) strike out
(derivation) negligence, neglectfulness
3. fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
(hyponym) slack
(derivation) negligence, neglectfulness
4. give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"
(synonym) ignore, disregard
(hyponym) pretermit
(derivation) disregard


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neglect
v. zanedbávat; nedbat o koho/co; opominout
 
n. zanedbávání; opomíjení

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neglect
Czas. zaniedbywać; lekceważyć; nie zrobić czegoś umyślnie lub przez przeoczenie
 
Rzecz. zaniedbanie; opuszczenie