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1. Leave undone or leave out
   "How could I neglect that typo?";
   - pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
    
2. Not do something; leave something undone
   "She neglected to notice that her child was no longer in his crib";
   - fail
    
3. Fail to attend to
   "he neglects his children"
    
4. Give little or no attention to
   "neglect the errors";
   - ignore, disregard

1. Lack of attention and due care
   - disregard
    
2. The state of something that has been unused and neglected
   "the house was in a terrible state of neglect";
   - disuse
    
3. Wilful lack of care and attention
   - disregard
    
4. The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
   - negligence, neglectfulness
    
5. Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
   - negligence, carelessness, nonperformance

Derived forms: neglects, neglecting, neglected

Type of: carelessness, declination, decline, inattention, mistreatment, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, sloppiness

Encyclopedia: Neglect