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adjective
- 1. suffering a lack of proper care: "some severely neglected children" Similar Opposite
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adjective. uk / nɪˈɡlek.tɪd / us / nɪˈɡlek.tɪd / Add to word list. not receiving enough care or attention: She was distressed at how neglected the children looked. Fewer 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.
a situation in which you do not give enough care or attention to someone or something, or the state of not receiving enough care or attention: Both parents were found guilty of neglect and their child was taken away from them. Over the years the church has fallen into a state of neglect. Synonym. disuse. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
The meaning of NEGLECTED is not given proper or necessary care or attention. How to use neglected in a sentence.
1. : an act or instance of neglecting something. 2. : the condition of being neglected. Synonyms. Verb. bypass. disregard.
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.
to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years. Synonyms: ignore. to be remiss in the care or treatment of: to neglect one's family; to neglect one's appearance. to omit, through indifference or carelessness: to neglect to reply to an invitation.
a situation in which you do not give enough care or attention to someone or something, or the state of not receiving enough care or attention: Both parents were found guilty of neglect and their child was taken away from them. Over the years the church has fallen into a state of neglect. Synonym. disuse.
noun. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances. synonyms: carelessness, negligence, nonperformance. see more. noun. the state of something that has been unused and neglected. “the house was in a terrible state of neglect ”
neglect. (nɪglekt ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense neglects , present participle neglecting , past tense, past participle neglected. 1. verb. If you neglect someone or something, you fail to look after them properly. The woman denied that she had neglected her child. [VERB noun]
To neglect something is to not take good care of it, like neglecting your pet salamander by not cleaning its cage, or fail to show your usual affection — neglecting your old friends when you make new ones. The person or thing that endures such shabby treatment is neglected — feeling unloved, ignored, and in need.
