Sentences with neglect
ne·glect
N n - The woman denied that she had neglected her child. [VERB noun]
- The town's old quayside is collapsing after years of neglect.
- The prison guard neglected his duty.
- The city has neglected the teacher shortage for too long.
- He'd given too much to his career, worked long hours, neglected her. [VERB noun]
- We often neglect to make proper use of our bodies. [VERB to-infinitive]
- The building has been neglected for years.
- The neglect of this extremely vulnerable group of young people is a disgrace.
- To neglect a child
- He neglected to tell her
- But the abuse and neglect were not only linked to poverty.
- Neglect implies a failure to carry out some expected or required action, either through carelessness or by intention [I neglected to wind the clock]; omit, in this connection, implies a neglecting through oversight, absorption, etc. [she should not omit to visit the museum]; overlook suggests a failure to see or to take action, either inadvertently or indulgently [I'll overlook your error this time]; disregard implies inattention or neglect, usually intentional [she always disregards his wishes]; ignore suggests a deliberate disregarding, sometimes through stubborn refusal to face the facts [but you ignore the necessity for action]; slight implies a disregarding or neglecting in an indifferent or disdainful way [he seems to slight the newer writers]; forget, in this connection, implies an intentional disregarding or omitting [after his election he forgot the wishes of the voters]
- She neglected his frantic signals
- The child starved through neglect
- To neglect one's family
- The public neglected his genius for many years.
- To neglect one's family; to neglect one's appearance.
- To neglect to reply to an invitation.
- To neglect the household chores.
- To neglect no precaution.
- The neglect of the property was shameful.
- A beauty marred by neglect.