Definition of Neglect

Noun

• failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
  negligence carelessness nonperformance
• the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
  negligence neglectfulness
• willful lack of care and attention
  disregard
• the state of something that has been unused and neglected
  "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
  disuse
• lack of attention and due care
  disregard

Verb

• give little or no attention to
  "Disregard the errors"
  ignore disregard
• fail to attend to
  "he neglects his children"
  
• 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"
  fail
• leave undone or leave out
  "How could I miss that typo?"
  "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
  pretermit omit drop miss - leave out overlook overleap

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Unscramble neglect

55 unscramble word found using the letters neglect.

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