neglect

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  1. transitive verb To pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard: neglected their warnings.
  2. transitive verb To fail to care for or attend to properly: neglects her appearance.
  3. transitive verb To fail to do or carry out, as through carelessness or oversight: neglected to return the call.
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  • The incident appeared to have been an accident, but authorities say police are investigating whether neglect was a factor. —  News Channel 9: Local News
  • Mendes criticized the Brazilian government for what he called the neglect of the indigenous community. —  Latest News - UPI.com
  • Mendes also criticised what he called the neglect of the indigenous community by the government. —  MercoPress
  • Perhaps the neglect is a byproduct of Michael Haydn's own diminished status next to his celebrated older brother, Franz Joseph.
  • A chief reason for this neglect has been ascribed to the materialistic views which have prevailed in therapeutics It was formerly believed quite generally, in Italy and elsewhere, that music was the only efficient cure for the effects of the bite of the tarantula, a species of large spider, so called from the city of Taranto. —  Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Latin neglegere, neglēct- : neg-, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + legere, to choose, pick up; see leg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin neglectus, past participle of neglegere, negligere, neclegere (later Italian negligere = French négliger), not heed, not attend to, be regardless of, from nec, not, nor (see negate), + legere, gather: see legend. Cf. collect, etc.; also negligent, etc.
  2. from Latin neglectus, a neglecting. from neglegere, past participle neglectus, neglect: see neglect, v.
  3. = Old French neglect, from Latin neglectus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/nɛgˈlɛkt/
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