Synonym: disregard, ignore, omit, overlook, pass over, slight. Antonym: endeavor, respect. Similar words: elect, select, lecture, collect, selected, electric, election, selection. Meaning: [nɪ'glekt] n. 1. lack of attention and due care 2. the state of something that has been unused and neglected 3. willful lack of care and attention 4. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern 5. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances. v. 1. leave undone or leave out 2. fail to do something; leave something undone 3. fail to attend to 4. give little or no attention to.
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(151) Ned would never neglect a duty, however tiresome, never put his own comfort first.
(152) Acute schizophrenia can severely impair mothering skills when maternal distress leads to distraction and neglect.
(153) Yet at the same time he offers the black underclass, and its more urgent needs, little more than benign neglect.
(154) Therefore, as a reasonable approximation, you can neglect the extra oxygen that plants consume at night.
(155) That is the background of neglect against which we must realise that the Bill is being introduced.
(156) Business is a close second in its neglect of children, leaving workers without sufficient family time.
(157) Slightly less obvious but essential to the winding up of the nerve endings is Michael Carr's neglect of his wife.
(158) Neglect of the educational needs of people starts at the very beginning.
(159) Indeed,[http://sentencedict.com/neglect.html] extensive neglect is likely to be a reflection of mental infirmity of one kind or another.
(160) Has this neglect of basic business principles destroyed the credibility of all online business ventures?
(161) The first lines of Tennyson's poem reflect the neglect of the grange.
(162) Go to Lutece in in expert drag; neglect to shave.
(163) Yet, because policymakers often neglect demographics, those who watch them and exploit them can reap great rewards.
(164) For the historian it is equally illegitimate to overlook what they had in common as it is to neglect the differences.
(165) The agency probably will recommend that the district attorney file misdemeanor animal cruelty and neglect charges against Broden, she said.
(166) My final reservation relates to the almost total neglect of cognitive approaches to the questions discussed.
(167) This neglect is not only by academics, but is also evident in the practice of both selective and functional assessment.
(168) It is high time for this neglect to yield to a more open discussion of these issues and a more positive approach.
(169) Currently the best-known cases seeking money damages for failure to report child abuse and neglect have been filed against physicians and hospitals.
(170) But that is no reason to neglect the risks that continue to endanger public health as a result of fraud or recklessness.
(171) The legal system currently punishes the most egregious forms of child abuse and neglect(sentencedict.com), but such crimes are difficult to prove.
(172) Where interiors have survived, it has been through benign neglect.
(173) A child may suffer serious or permanent harm and even death as a result of neglect.
(174) Treatment efforts in general are not very successful. Child abuse and neglect continue despite early, thoughtful, and often costly intervention.
(175) The Renaissance did not neglect scientific research, but it by no means gave it top priority.
(176) For example, early marriage has been noted as being associated with particular forms of abuse and neglect.
(177) She may, for example, neglect her diet, use harmful medication, and smoke and/or drink more.
(178) At midnight the lights disappeared and Gilbert was gone; his Newfoundland project lay in neglect for three decades.
(179) Today it is the home of John and Hazel Cork who renovated it after years of neglect and a serious fire.
(180) Here we present neurological evidence for the former view from studies of a brain-injured patient with visual neglect.
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