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as in despised
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 ignored
to fail to give proper attention to
disregarded the posted warnings of avalanche danger and went skiing anyway
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as in overlooked
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 disregarded
This is not to suggest the poll should be disregarded.
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Reynolds and others also complained that commissioners disregarded previous wetland-restoration work that Kelly performed on the site.
—Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
Wilson then failed to appear for court hearings and generally disregarded her release conditions, according to prosecutors.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
For now, ocean acidification can’t be disregarded as a threat facing sharks, Baum said.
—Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Bukele has disregarded due process and repealed term limits in El Salvador; according to Human Rights Watch, prisoners at CECOT are routinely tortured.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Young’s warnings were eventually disregarded, with Mara, the younger brother of team president and CEO John Mara, returning to the organization as vice president of player evaluation in 2003 after a decade-long sabbatical.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Lee later sued Price and Alameda County, claiming the former district attorney openly spouted racist views, saw the media and Asian Americans as enemies and oversaw an office that disregarded open records laws.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
In the end, the concerns of the committee’s few dissenters—along with the chorus of objections from representatives of medical organizations—were disregarded.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2025
U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Reynolds and others also complained that commissioners disregarded previous wetland-restoration work that Kelly performed on the site.
—Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
Wilson then failed to appear for court hearings and generally disregarded her release conditions, according to prosecutors.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
For now, ocean acidification can’t be disregarded as a threat facing sharks, Baum said.
—Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Bukele has disregarded due process and repealed term limits in El Salvador; according to Human Rights Watch, prisoners at CECOT are routinely tortured.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Young’s warnings were eventually disregarded, with Mara, the younger brother of team president and CEO John Mara, returning to the organization as vice president of player evaluation in 2003 after a decade-long sabbatical.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Lee later sued Price and Alameda County, claiming the former district attorney openly spouted racist views, saw the media and Asian Americans as enemies and oversaw an office that disregarded open records laws.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
In the end, the concerns of the committee’s few dissenters—along with the chorus of objections from representatives of medical organizations—were disregarded.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disregarded
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An unofficial list provided by the Rhode Island Invasive Species Council includes a number of aggressive plants that are widely despised by gardeners, such as Norway maple, Oriental bittersweet, Tree of Heaven, autumn olive, garlic mustard and Japanese knotweed.—
Antonia Noori Farzan,
The Providence Journal,
26 Jan. 2026
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For the many Venezuelans who despised Maduro and his rule, that is disappointing.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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Banfield's at-times tense testimony comes after his attorney scrutinized the county's investigation into the defendant, arguing that officials, almost since the beginning, forced a theory that the husband had catfished and killed his wife, and ignored evidence that undermined that conclusion.—
OLIVIA DIAZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Their position ignored the Ukrainian perspective on the issue, thus excluding Ukrainians as the affected party from understanding and communicating current and historical narratives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Investing in domestic mining is necessary but insufficient—recycling infrastructure offers a faster, less geopolitically fraught path to supply chain resilience that has historically been overlooked by previous administrations.—
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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So perhaps that’s why Wagler was overlooked.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2026
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After the game, Kidd was asked about the critiques and dismissed the question with an expletive-laced response, using the F-word four times.—
Mike Curtis,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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But this offense — becoming the latest power broker to have gotten too close to Jeffrey Epstein — should not be dismissed in the hope that it gets lost in all of next week’s Super Bowl noise.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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