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neglect

Roget category 460

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

noun

neglectcarelessness etc. adj. — trifling etc. v. — negligenceomission, oversight, laches [Law], defaultsupineness etc. (inactivity) 683inattention etc. 458nonchalance etc. (insensibility) 823imprudence, recklessness etc. 863slovenliness etc. (disorder) 59, (dirt) 653improvidence etc. 674noncompletion etc. 730inexactness etc. (error) 495.
paralipsis, paralepsis, paraleipsis (in rhetoric). trifler, waiter on ProvidenceMicawber.

verb

be negligent etc. adj. — take no care of etc. (take care of) etc. 459neglectlet slip, let golay aside, set aside, cst aside, put asidekeep out of sight, put out of sightlose sight of.
overlook, disregardpass over, pas bylet passblinkwink at, connive atgloss overtake no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice ofpay no regard tolaisser aller [Fr.].
scamptrifle, fribbledo by halvescutslight etc. (despise) 930play with, trifle withslur, skim, skim the surfaceeffleurer [Fr.]take a cursory view of etc. 457.
slur over, skip over, jump over, slip overpretermit, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sinktable [Parl.]ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear toleave out of one's calculationnot attend to etc. 457, not mindnot trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself withforget etc. 506be caught napping etc. (not expect) 508leave a loose threadlet the grass grow under one's feet.
render neglectful etc. adj. — put off one's guard, throw off one's guarddistract, divert.

adjective

neglecting etc. v. — unmindful, negligent, neglectfulheedless, careless, thoughtlessperfunctory, remissfeebleness etc. 575.
inconsiderateuncircumspect, incircumspectoff one's guardunwary, unwatchful, unguardedoffhand.
supine etc. (inactive) 683inattentive etc. 458insouciant etc. (indifferent) 823imprudent, reckless etc. 863slovenly etc. (disorderly) 59, (dirty) 653inexact etc. (erroneous) 495improvident etc. 674.
neglected etc. v. — unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded, unremarked, unmissedshunted, shelved.
unexamined, unstudied, unsearched, unscanned, unweighed, unsifted, unexplored.
abandonedburied in a napkin, hid under a bushel.

adverb

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

interjection

never mind, no matter, let it pass.

phrase

out of sight, out of mind.

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