neglect

Roget category 460

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.2. Precursory conditions and operations
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#460. Neglect

noun

neglect — carelessness etc. adj. — trifling etc. v. — negligence — omission, oversight, laches [Law], default — supineness etc. (inactivity) 683 — inattention etc. 458 — nonchalance etc. (insensibility) 823 — imprudence, recklessness etc. 863 — slovenliness etc. (disorder) 59, (dirt) 653 — improvidence etc. 674 — noncompletion etc. 730 — inexactness etc. (error) 495.
paralipsis, paralepsis, paraleipsis (in rhetoric). trifler, waiter on Providence — Micawber.

verb

be negligent etc. adj. — take no care of etc. (take care of) etc. 459 — neglect — let slip, let go — lay aside, set aside, cst aside, put aside — keep out of sight, put out of sight — lose sight of.
overlook, disregard — pass over, pas by — let pass — blink — wink at, connive at — gloss over — take no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice of — pay no regard to — laisser aller [Fr.].
scamp — trifle, fribble^† — do by halves — cut — slight etc. (despise) 930 — play with, trifle with — slur, skim, skim the surface — effleurer [Fr.] — take a cursory view of etc. 457.
slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over — pretermit^†, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink — table [Parl.] — ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to — leave out of one's calculation — not attend to etc. 457, not mind — not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with — forget etc. 506 — be caught napping etc. (not expect) 508 — leave a loose thread — let the grass grow under one's feet.
render neglectful etc. adj. — put off one's guard, throw off one's guard — distract, divert.

adjective

neglecting etc. v. — unmindful, negligent, neglectful — heedless, careless, thoughtless — perfunctory, remiss — feebleness etc. 575.
inconsiderate — uncircumspect^†, incircumspect^† — off one's guard — unwary, unwatchful^†, unguarded — offhand.
supine etc. (inactive) 683 — inattentive etc. 458 — insouciant etc. (indifferent) 823 — imprudent, reckless etc. 863 — slovenly etc. (disorderly) 59, (dirty) 653 — inexact etc. (erroneous) 495 — improvident etc. 674.
neglected etc. v. — unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted^†, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded^†, unremarked, unmissed^† — shunted, shelved.
unexamined, unstudied, unsearched^†, unscanned^†, unweighed^†, unsifted, unexplored.
abandoned — buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel.

adverb

negligently etc. adj. — hand over head, anyhow — in an unguarded moment etc. (unexpectedly) 508 — per incuriam [Lat.].

interjection

never mind, no matter, let it pass.

phrase

out of sight, out of mind.

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