How to Use neglectful in a Sentence

neglectful

adjective
  • Bungie has been somewhat neglectful of raid exotics for a long, long time now.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 31 May 2021
  • For years, the little gray donkey had been kept in a cramped and rancid stall by a neglectful owner.
    — Christopher McDougall, New York Times, 5 June 2017
  • In the movie, the problem is the children’s behavior, brought on by a neglectful father.
    — Anita Gates, New York Times, 26 May 2024
  • The story follows a neglectful father who is put under a spell by his son and is forced to tell only the truth.
    — Matt Drudge, WIRED, 3 Jan. 1997
  • The takeaway is clear: Families can be neglectful, and there is no Santa to make things right.
    — Tim Carman, Houston Chronicle, 24 Dec. 2019
  • The takeaway is clear: Families can be neglectful, and there is no Santa to make things right.
    — Tim Carman, Houston Chronicle, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Now in her second term as the public advocate, Ms. James has used the office to take on neglectful landlords and the city.
    — Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 16 May 2018
  • There's a theme here of absent, neglectful fathers—and in the case of Miller, outright abusive fathers.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Just like his neglectful father did, the scribe devalues his wife and child to chase someone else’s idea of success.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Just like his neglectful father did, the scribe devalues his wife and child to chase someone else’s idea of success.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Therefore, the sport is neglectful of Black women’s swimming needs.
    — Washington Post, 23 July 2021
  • All kids who need ADD meds aren't suffering and their parents aren't neglectful.
    — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Cases are rare of children killed by an abusive or neglectful guardian.
    — Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Cases are rare of children killed by an abusive or neglectful guardian.
    — Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Cases are rare of children killed by an abusive or neglectful guardian.
    — Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Cases are rare of children killed by an abusive or neglectful guardian.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Child abuse, neglectful foster parents, the ways in which the system grossly fails children.
    — Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Roach said the community has seen too many tragedies caused by neglectful gun owners.
    — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2017
  • Pass bylaws that give tenants the right to live in rat-free housing, holding neglectful landlords to account.
    — WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Many are at home all day with parents who might be abusive, neglectful, or simply overwhelmed.
    — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Fail at these simple tasks and your Tamagotchi suffers a gruesome, neglectful death.
    — Sebastian Skov Andersen, Wired, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Take a more hands-off approach and you’re accused of being uninvolved or neglectful.
    — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The only child missing, of course, is Aegon himself, and his sister-wife Helaena hasn’t a clue where her neglectful husband has fled.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 16 Oct. 2022
  • That may be so, but the persistence of these nuisances only reinforces the longheld sense, within the community, that the city is neglectful of its needs.
    — Mark Lamster, Dallas Morning News, 23 Sep. 2020
  • In the case of Flint, officials were willfully neglectful.
    — Justin Chen, STAT, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Mom said Dad was neglectful at times, bordering on abusive.
    — John Duffy, CNN, 13 June 2021
  • Permissive parents are not the same thing as neglectful parents.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 28 June 2023
  • Some had been removed from abusive or neglectful homes after being burned.
    — Jenna Russell, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Meanwhile, Segal said, the problem of neglectful parenting may be that when no rules are given the child has free rein to eat as many unhealthy options as are available.
    — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The play revolves around two modern-day brothers, Booth and Lincoln, whose fate may be determined by the names their profoundly neglectful parents saddled them with as a joke — a joke with an archetypal punchline.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025

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