Dictionary entry details
• NEGLECT (noun)
Meaning:
Lack of attention and due care
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
neglect; disregard
Hypernyms ("neglect" is a kind of...):
inattention (lack of attention)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neglect"):
omission (neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something)
Meaning:
The state of something that has been unused and neglected
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
disuse; neglect
Context example:
the house was in a terrible state of neglect
Hypernyms ("neglect" is a kind of...):
declination; decline (a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neglect"):
omission (something that has been omitted)
Meaning:
Willful lack of care and attention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
disregard; neglect
Hypernyms ("neglect" is a kind of...):
mistreatment (the practice of treating (someone or something) badly)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neglect"):
despite (contemptuous disregard)
Meaning:
The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
neglectfulness; negligence; neglect
Hypernyms ("neglect" is a kind of...):
carelessness; sloppiness (the quality of not being careful or taking pains)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neglect"):
delinquency; dereliction; willful neglect (a tendency to be negligent and uncaring)
laxity; laxness; remissness; slackness (the quality of being lax and neglectful)
Meaning:
Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
nonperformance; negligence; carelessness; neglect
Hypernyms ("neglect" is a kind of...):
nonaccomplishment; nonachievement (an act that does not achieve its intended goal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neglect"):
dodging; escape; evasion (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do)
neglect of duty ((law) breach of a duty)
criminal negligence; culpable negligence ((law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences))
contributory negligence ((law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence)
concurrent negligence ((law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately)
comparative negligence ((law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff)
dereliction (willful negligence)
• NEGLECT (verb)
Meaning:
Leave undone or leave out
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
neglect; pretermit; leave out; omit; overleap; overlook; miss; drop
Context examples:
How could I miss that typo? / The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "neglect"):
forget (forget to do something)
jump; pass over; skip; skip over (bypass)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Antonym:
attend to (get down to; pay attention to; take seriously)
Meaning:
Fail to do something; leave something undone
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
fail; neglect
Context examples:
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
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "neglect"):
muff (fail to catch, as of a ball)
choke (fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation)
default; default on (fail to pay up)
strike out (put out or be put out by a strikeout)
miss (fail to attend an event or activity)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Fail to attend to
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
he neglects his children
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "neglect"):
slack (be inattentive to, or neglect)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot neglect Sue
Meaning:
Give little or no attention to
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
disregard; ignore; neglect
Context example:
Disregard the errors
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "neglect"):
pretermit (disregard intentionally or let pass)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
