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neglecter

noun

Definition of neglecternext
as in laggard

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  1. laggard
  2. lingerer
  3. loiterer
  4. dreamer
  5. ne'er-do-well
  6. slowpoke
Noun
  • Companies in the information technology sector were among the biggest laggards.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026
  • With the exception of Apple, Cramer said Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and Tesla have become relative laggards as investors gravitated toward newer winners.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of laggard
Noun
  • Nakamura designs for lingerers.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of lingerer
Noun
  • Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2026
Definition of loiterer
Noun
  • The Holbrook sisters are undersocialized and inexperienced with the world, and Herzog sees them as figures out of a fable, dreamers who talk incessantly about love and seem connected to the elemental and the ancient.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
  • San Francisco Playhouse is currently presenting the musical, helmed by company artistic director Bill English (with Phaedra Tillery-Boughton credited as associate director) and starring Ella Ruth Francis as the indefatigable dreamer Tracy Turnblad.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of dreamer
Noun
  • Though Stinky Pete turns out to be a ne'er-do-well, Jessie is a valuable new pal who reveals her own trauma from being donated by her kid.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • After seeing the flare, the ne'er-do-wells steal Hunter's car instead of calling for help.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of ne'er-do-well
Noun
  • Sale prices currently start from $579 per person, but there’s limited availability due to the size of the ships, so don’t be a slowpoke!
    — Hannah Chubb, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
  • Instead, the problem is that these slowpokes haven’t been nearly as efficient.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of slowpoke
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“Neglecter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neglecter. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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