to neglect

Examples

• All

• It is best for you to make sure you don't neglect going to God yourself.

  Stephan Speaks

• To neglect this obligation is for the church to neglect its most fundamental political role in society.

  Academic text (1990)

• Now we want to not neglect this whole space here.

• And if you neglect that, you miss the whole thing.

• I think we neglect smell.

  Merchant Ivory (2024)

• Just do not neglect the income side of the equation.

• And finally, as you're changing the world, never neglect family.

• The Glazers have neglected and destroyed this football club.

• School reform has failed because parents are neglecting their children in favor of work and consumption.

  Academic text (1999)

• Various administrations and Congresses have neglected the imperative of setting priorities.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

I

to ignore

vsto neglect

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

can be accidental or due to lack of care rather than deliberate avoidance

F

to fail

vsto neglect

∞ 1.0

Not do something you promised or should do

focuses on lacking care or attention rather than only missing a task

M

to miss

vsto neglect

518 1.7

To not notice or hear something important

focuses on ongoing lack of care or responsibility rather than a one-off omission

O

to overlook

vsto neglect

243 2.9

To not notice someone or something you should see

stresses lack of care or responsibility rather than mere accidental missing

D

to disregard

vsto neglect

119 3.9

Ignore something or someone on purpose

is not limited to deliberate dismissal and covers care or duty failures

P

to pretermit

vsto neglect

• Archaic

9.9

To leave something out on purpose

is broader, covering failure of care or responsibility not only formal omission

Antonyms

A

to attend

169 2.7

To take care of something that needs action

A

to attend to

151 3.6

To take care of someone or something

Compounds

C

child neglect

• NSFW

4 4.7

A parent or other adult who does not give a child basic care or attention

N

neglect of duty

• Formal

1 5.1

Not doing important tasks you must do at work

W

willful neglect

• Specialized

1 7.9

Failing on purpose to look after someone or something you must care for

How Neglectful

to abandon

773 3.1

to neglect

256 3.8

to ignore

∞ 1.0

to overlook

243 2.9

Surface Forms

Etymology