as in casualness
lack of interest or concern
revelers firing guns in the air with complete disregard for the possible consequences
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1
as in to despise
to ignore in a disrespectful manner
disregarded the wishes of his tradition-conscious family in his choice of a bride
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as in to ignore
to fail to give proper attention to
disregarded the posted warnings of avalanche danger and went skiing anyway
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as in to forgive
to dismiss as of little importance
this essay is so good that I can safely disregard a couple of spelling errors
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Recent Examples of disregard
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
12 June 2026
To then have individuals exploit that tragedy for personal gain demonstrates a complete disregard for basic human decency.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
18 June 2026
Washington hawks who seemed content for the President to disregard Congress in rushing to war are now demanding more congressional scrutiny over the terms of a future peace.
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Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
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Noun
What makes the Olsen twins stand out from that era is their complete disregard for those conventions.
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Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
12 June 2026
To then have individuals exploit that tragedy for personal gain demonstrates a complete disregard for basic human decency.
—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
Verb
But the court did not disregard concerns about drug users possessing guns, as Gorsuch wrote.
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Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
18 June 2026
Washington hawks who seemed content for the President to disregard Congress in rushing to war are now demanding more congressional scrutiny over the terms of a future peace.
—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disregard
Noun
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She would have been floored by the casualness that has seeped into society today, from wearing pajamas on flights to sweatpants to dinner.
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Seydoux also approaches her beauty with a quintessentially French casualness.
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Haney reminded jurors that despising the rich isn’t a crime, much less an abnormal opinion.
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Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee once put it this way about why some golfer tirades add character while others are despised.
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Price is where almost every search starts, and the difference between countries is hard to ignore.
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By the time the sponsor wants to sell, the buyer sees what the sponsor ignored.
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Schmidt can be forgiven for making this headline-grabbing prediction.
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Philodendrons are easy and forgiving enough for beginners, but even more experienced gardeners love them for their variety of foliage and easy care.
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Young workers have adapted to instability, ambiguity, automation, debt and institutional indifference for years now.
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All to the utter indifference of a Hollywood that hadn’t even bothered to hear of him.
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Its origins are uncertain, with one tale suggesting that a cook at Manzanillo’s mercado left a pot of pozole over fire and forgot it.
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Alongside the communal dining, lounge and bar areas, is a clever subterranean wine cellar, an outdoor BBQ and dining area overlooking the riverbed, and a deck in the perfect spot for viewing the waterhole.
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The kitchen, with room for a table that can handle informal dining, is open to the family room, where the visual focal points are the stone fireplace and French doors that lead to an elevated deck overlooking the in-ground pool and property at the rear of the home.
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Vocals have an offhand nonchalance instead of hogging the spotlight, melodies sneak up on you rather than announce themselves, and the guitars avoid crunchy riffs and overdriven twang in favor of tart rambling and clean supporting chords.
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That exception, however, proves the rule for a Class A festival that wears its nonchalance toward world premieres as a badge of honor.
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“Disregard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disregard. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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