neglect

Definition

Examples

Managers should not neglect the needs of their staff during busy periods.

Word Family

Synonyms

• ignorerefuse to acknowledge
• overlooka high place affording a good view
• disregardlack of attention and due care

Collocations

• Easy neglect one's health
  to neglect one's health, meaning to leave undone or leave out
• Medium neglect routine maintenance of facilities
  to neglect routine maintenance of facilities, meaning to leave undone or leave out
• Hard culpable of willful neglect of fiduciary duties
  describing culpable of willful neglect of fiduciary duties (deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious)
• Very Hard criminal neglect culminating in structural disaster
  describing criminal neglect culminating in structural disaster (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)