neglect
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
lack of attention and due care
Types & categories
- inattention hypernym
- omission hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
leave undone or leave out
How could I miss that typo?
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- attend to antonym
- omission derivation
- negligence derivation
- omission derivation
- pretermission derivation
- neglecter derivation
- omissible derivation
- omissive derivation
Sense 3 noun
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
the house was in a terrible state of neglect
Types & categories
- declination hypernym
- omission hyponym
Sense 4 verb
fail to do something; leave something undone
She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib
Types & categories
- lose track hyponym
- strike out hyponym
- default hyponym
- choke hyponym
- muff hyponym
- miss hyponym
Related & opposite
- failure derivation
- neglectfulness derivation
Sense 5 noun
willful lack of care and attention
Types & categories
- mistreatment hypernym
- despite hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
fail to attend to
he neglects his children
Types & categories
- slack hyponym
Related & opposite
- disregard derivation
- neglectfulness derivation
- disregard derivation
- neglecter derivation
- negligent derivation
Sense 7 noun
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
Types & categories
- carelessness hypernym
- dereliction hyponym
- laxness hyponym
Related & opposite
- neglect derivation
- fail derivation
- negligent derivation
- remiss derivation
- neglectful derivation
Sense 8 verb
give little or no attention to
Disregard the errors
Types & categories
- pretermit hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Types & categories
- nonaccomplishment hypernym
- dereliction hyponym
- comparative negligence hyponym
- concurrent negligence hyponym
- contributory negligence hyponym
- criminal negligence hyponym
- neglect of duty hyponym
- dodging hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | neglect |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disregard |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | discount |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inattention |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | omission |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | attend to |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | omission |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | negligence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | omission |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretermission |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | neglecter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | omissible |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | omissive |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | forget |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | skip |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | declination |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | omission |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | failure |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | neglectfulness |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lose track |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | strike out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | default |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | choke |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | muff |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | miss |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | neglect |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | disregard |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | discount |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | mistreatment |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | despite |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | disregard |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | neglectfulness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | disregard |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | neglecter |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | negligent |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | slack |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | neglect |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fail |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | negligent |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | remiss |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | neglectful |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | carelessness |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | dereliction |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | laxness |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | disregard |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | disregard |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | neglecter |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | negligent |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | pretermit |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | neglect |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | careless |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | nonaccomplishment |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | dereliction |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | comparative negligence |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | concurrent negligence |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | contributory negligence |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | criminal negligence |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | neglect of duty |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | dodging |