Dictionary Entry
neglect
neglect is a 7-letter English word with 15 senses as adverb, verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 15 senses
Definitions
- 1adverb
Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.
- 2adverb
To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.
- 3verb
Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy.
- 4verb
Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers.
- 5verb
Habitual carelessness; negligence.
- 6verb
The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.
- 7noun
willful lack of care and attention
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- 8noun
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
- 9noun
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
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- 10noun
lack of attention and due care
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- 11noun
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
"the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
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- 12verb
leave undone or leave out
"How could I miss that typo?"
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
- 13verb
fail to attend to
"he neglects his children"
- 14verb
give little or no attention to
"Disregard the errors"
- 15verb
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"
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