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as in disrepair
the state of being unattended to or not cared for
for years the barn sat in neglect until one day it finally fell down
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as in negligence
the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action
your ongoing neglect of your health is going to land you in the hospital someday
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as in to ignore
to fail to give proper attention to
as usual the news media neglected the real issues of the campaign and focused on personalities
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as in to forget
to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness
I've neglected my garden, and now it's overgrown with weeds
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as in to fail
to miss the opportunity or obligation
conveniently, the job applicant neglected to mention his criminal record
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Recent Examples of neglect
Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2025
Kristin Griffin has also been charged with endangering the life or health of a child and abuse or criminal neglect of a person with a disability in connection with her son's death.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2025
Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2025
Among the other lease violations: Butler hired his own pool-cleaning people, who neglected their duties, and algae formed and the pumps broke, as per the suit.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Ozaukee County prosecutors charged the 47-year-old Thiensville mother with two counts of child abuse, two counts of child neglect, battery, and bail jumping in connection with the Feb. 19 incident, court records show.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2025
Kristin Griffin has also been charged with endangering the life or health of a child and abuse or criminal neglect of a person with a disability in connection with her son's death.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
According to the suit, Butler continued to reside as a holdover resident after the lease expired on Aug. 10, 2024 while neglecting to pay rent for two months.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2025
Among the other lease violations: Butler hired his own pool-cleaning people, who neglected their duties, and algae formed and the pumps broke, as per the suit.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neglect
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Many of the original cottages that in the 1960s and 1970s had housed visiting celebrities and friends of the three East Coast socialite owners seeking an out of the way escape were in tatters, having fallen into disrepair in the 1980s.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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America's national parks and other federal lands are in danger of falling into disrepair following the firings of thousands of federal employees by the current administration, experts said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2025
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This evidence was instrumental in establishing negligence.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Their comments came just a few weeks after a court in Argentina dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the singer’s passing after a fall from a third-story balcony at a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina last October.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
3 Mar. 2025
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But in the 1990s, when social practice art was gaining traction within European museums (especially in the United Kingdom), most Latin American institutions were ignoring that development, which remained limited to underground networks.—
Fabiola Iza,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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And no, not because Disney is ignoring him or passing him over.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Items in the collab, to be released March 7, include caps with Murakami’s signature, colorful, smiling flowers, clothing, and—not to be forgotten—an all-American favorite collector’s item: baseball cards.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Gone but not forgotten: Lizzy Caplan is opening up about that Gambit movie that never was, and her honest thoughts on it getting scrapped.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Despite being aware of the cellmate’s dangerous behavior, staff failed to intervene, according to a lawsuit.—
Stories by Real-Time News team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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The firm failed to show that its extract was generally recognized as safe, the FDA memo said.—
David Hilzenrath,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Obituaries Norma Rae Long, an educator who taught sports and directed lifelong learning programs, died of multiple organ failure Feb. 15 at Gilchrist Center Towson.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2025
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When compared to other ethnicities and races, Blacks are disproportionately affected by the health burdens and diseases that lead to organ failure and result in the need for an organ transplant, especially kidney transplants.—
Andrew Jones,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2025
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Such attitudes disregard the hard realities of life in the United States for certain Americans.—
K. Ward Cummings,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2025
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Both sides have disregarded ecological concerns with Russians attacking the ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor and the Ukrainians destroying the Nord Stream pipeline.—
Saleem H. Ali,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Neglect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neglect. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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