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Adjective neglected has 2 senses
- ignored, neglected, unheeded - disregarded; "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice"
Antonym: noticed (indirect, via unnoticed)
- neglected, unattended - lacking a caretaker; "a neglected child"; "many casualties were lying unattended"
Antonym: cared-for (indirect, via uncared-for)
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"
Antonyms: attend to, take to heart
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- 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"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- neglect - fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot neglect Sue
- neglect, ignore, disregard - give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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