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neglect (121 synonym found)

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abandon

bad policy

be caught napping

be neglectful

be negligent

blink at

brush off

carelessness

cold-shoulder

contemn

cut dead

declination

decline

default

delinquency

dereliction

disconformity

discount

disdain

dismiss

disregard

disrespect

elide

endless task

fail

failing

give the go-by

gloss over

heedlessness

ignore

impolicy

inadvertence

inattention

indifference

inexecution

inexpedience

inexpediency

inobservance

lapse

laxity

laxness

leave undone

let go

let pass

let ride

let slide

let slip

look right through

loose ends

lose sight of

lose track of

make little of

maladministration

malfeasance

malpractice

misadministration

misdirection

misfeasance

misgovernment

misguidance

mishandling

mismanagement

misrule

miss

mistreatment

neglectfulness

negligence

nod

nonaccomplishment

nonachievement

nonadherence

noncompliance

nonconformance

nonconformity

nonconsummation

nondischarging

nonexecution

nonfeasance

nonfulfillment

nonobservance

nonperformance

not care for

not get involved

not heed

not think

omission

omit

overleap

overlook

overpass

oversight

pass by

pass over

pass up

passiveness

passivity

pooh-pooh

pretermit

rebuff

refuse to acknowledge

refuse to recognize

reject

remissness

rough edges

Sisyphean labor

scant

scorn

shrug off

slackness

sleep

slighting

sloppiness

slur over

spurn

take for granted

think little of

unconcern

unfulfillment

unobservance

work of Penelope

wrongdoing

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Definition of neglect:

(v) : to disregard or pay little attention to something; to fail to care for, or attend to something

(n) : the act of neglecting or the state of being neglected; Habitual lack of care

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Definition of neglect:

(v) : to disregard or pay little attention to something; to fail to care for, or attend to something

(n) : the act of neglecting or the state of being neglected; Habitual lack of care

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