1. neglect

verb. ['nəˈglɛkt, nɪˈglɛkt'] leave undone or leave out.

Rhymes with Neglect

• teleconnect
• overprotect
• interconnect
• disrespect
• reinspect
• misdirect
• disinfect
• disconnect
• reconnect
• recollect
• nondirect
• interject
• disaffect
• suspect
• subject
• resurrect
• respect
• reflect
• reelect
• redirect
• project
• intersect
• inspect
• indirect
• incorrect
• expect
• deflect
• confect
• unchecked
• select

How do you pronounce neglect?

Pronounce neglect as nɪˈglɛkt.

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Sentences with neglect

1. Verb, base form
Do not neglect your tongue while brushing your teeth.

2. Noun, singular or mass
The charge of neglect is elevated to a class C felony when aggravating circumstances are present.

Quotes about neglect

1. Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2. You got me: I do Pilates. I love Pilates because we do very specific training in soccer for the same six or seven muscles, but we neglect so many other muscles. So when I do Pilates, it helps get all the rest of the muscles in shape and gets them working together.
- Landon Donovan

3. I have lived pain, and my life can tell: I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks the heavy perfume of wild roses in early July and the song of crickets on summer humid nights and the rivers that run and the stars that rise and the rain that falls and all the good things that a good God gives.
- Ann Voskamp

2. neglect

verb. ['nəˈglɛkt, nɪˈglɛkt'] fail to attend to.

3. neglect

verb. ['nəˈglɛkt, nɪˈglɛkt'] fail to do something; leave something undone.

4. neglect

verb. ['nəˈglɛkt, nɪˈglɛkt'] give little or no attention to.

5. neglect

noun. ['nəˈglɛkt, nɪˈglɛkt'] lack of attention and due care.

6. neglect

noun. ['nəˈglɛkt, nɪˈglɛkt'] the state of something that has been unused and neglected.

7. neglect

noun. ['nəˈglɛkt, nɪˈglɛkt'] willful lack of care and attention.

8. neglect

noun. ['nəˈglɛkt, nɪˈglɛkt'] the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern.

9. neglect

noun. ['nəˈglɛkt, nɪˈglɛkt'] failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances.