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neglectful

adjective

1 neglectful

Not showing due care or attention:
— Neglectful parents.

synonym: inattentive.

Roget 823: insensible, unconscious; impassive, impassible; blind to, deaf to, dead to; unsusceptible, insusceptible; unimpressionable, unimpressible; passionless, spiritless, heartless, ... show more

Roget 460: neglecting etc. v.; unmindful, negligent, neglectful; heedless, careless, thoughtless; perfunctory, remiss; feebleness etc. 575.    ... show more

Polish: nieporządny, niedbały

2 neglectful

Failing in what duty requires:
— Neglectful of his duties.

synonyms: delinquent, derelict, remiss.


Moby thesaurus: behindhand, careless, culpably negligent, delinquent, derelict, disregardful, inadvertent, inattentive, laissez-faire, lax, loose, neglecting, negligent, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, off-guard, overly permissive, permissive, procrastinating, regardless ... show more.

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