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1. Disregarded
   "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, 'A Village Wooing'"
   - ignored, unheeded
    
2. Lacking a caretaker
   "a neglected child"
   - unattended

1. Leave undone or leave out
   - pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
    
2. Fail to do something; leave something undone
   - fail
    
3. Fail to attend to
   "he neglects his children"
    
4. Give little or no attention to
   - ignore, disregard, tune out

See also: neglecter, negligent, uncared-for, unnoticed

Antonym: attend to

Encyclopedia: Neglect