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NEGLECT

Definition:

[noun] lack of attention and due care
Synonyms: disregard
[noun] the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
Synonyms: disuse
[noun] willful lack of care and attention
Synonyms: disregard
[noun] the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
Synonyms: negligence, fulness
[noun] failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Synonyms: negligence, carelessness, nonperformance
[verb] leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
Synonyms: pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
[verb] 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"
Synonyms: fail
[verb] fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
[verb] give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"
Synonyms: ignore, disregard