1 [VN] to fail to take care of sb/sth:
She denies neglecting her baby. * The buildings had been neglected for years. * Don't neglect your health.
2 [VN] to not give enough attention to sth:
Dance has been neglected by television. * She has neglected her studies.
3 [Vtoinf] (formal) to fail or forget to do sth that you ought to do:
You neglected to mention the name of your previous employer.
seealsoNEGLIGENCE
noun [U] ~ (of sth/sb) the fact of not giving enough care or attention to sth/sb; the state of not receiving enough care or attention:
The law imposed penalties for the neglect of children. * The buildings are crumbling from years of neglect. * The place smelled of decay and neglect.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for neglect is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is neglect a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, neglect is tagged as verb.
Does neglect appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — neglect appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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