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neglect [ ne·glect ]
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1. Fail to care for properly.
Some people may also neglect their own personal care and hygiene.
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2. Not pay proper attention to; disregard.
An overemphasis on any one level of care will neglect issues of great importance.
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3. Fail to do something.
he neglected to write to her
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1. The state of being uncared for.
the place had a hopeless air of neglect
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2. The action of not taking proper care of someone or something.
she was accused of child neglect
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3. Failure to do something.
Oil contamination would result from neglect of compressor maintenance, leading to mechanical failure.
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1. Early 16th century from Latin neglect- ‘disregarded’, from the verb neglegere, from neg- ‘not’ + legere ‘choose, pick up’.
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