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Overview of verb neglect

The verb neglect has 4 senses


  • neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap -- (leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten")

  • fail, neglect -- (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")

  • neglect -- (fail to attend to; "he neglects his children")

  • neglect, ignore, disregard -- (give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors")


Overview of adj neglected

The adj neglected has 2 senses


  • ignored, neglected, unheeded -- (disregarded; "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice")

  • neglected, unattended -- (lacking a caretaker; "a neglected child"; "many casualties were lying unattended")