neglect
Roget category 460
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.2. Precursory conditions and operations
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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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