Neglect - Definition

n 1: lack of attention and due care [syn: disregard,
neglect]
2: the state of something that has been unused and neglected;
"the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn:
neglect, disuse]
3: willful lack of care and attention [syn: disregard,
neglect]
4: the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
[syn: negligence, neglect, neglectfulness]
5: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person
would exercise under the same circumstances [syn:
negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance]
v 1: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
[syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss,
leave out, overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to,
take to heart]
2: fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to
notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The
secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost
the account" [syn: fail, neglect]
3: fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
4: give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn:
neglect, ignore, disregard]