as in disrepairs
the state of being unattended to or not cared for
for years the barn sat in neglect until one day it finally fell down
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as in ignores
to fail to give proper attention to
as usual the news media neglected the real issues of the campaign and focused on personalities
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as in forgets
to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness
I've neglected my garden, and now it's overgrown with weeds
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as in fails
to miss the opportunity or obligation
conveniently, the job applicant neglected to mention his criminal record
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Recent Examples of neglects
Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
This narrative neglects the systemic nature of discrimination, Black lived experiences, and ongoing activism.
—Time, 4 Sep. 2025
That analogy neglects the great distances and associated challenges of the Asia theatre.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
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What a leader neglects in the dark will inevitably be revealed in the light, often at staggering costs.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
This narrative neglects the systemic nature of discrimination, Black lived experiences, and ongoing activism.
—Time, 4 Sep. 2025
That analogy neglects the great distances and associated challenges of the Asia theatre.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neglects
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An energy policy that ignores this will get traction depending on which party is in office but not beyond that.—
Robert G. Eccles,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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This perspective ignores the need for people to come to decisions together about truth and reality.—
Sara Giordano,
The Conversation,
4 Sep. 2025
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The thing about bullying is that the bully typically has no memory of it later, while the wounded party never forgets.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Dictatorships exhaust themselves through destruction, but democracies adapt and grow stronger—a lesson Washington sometimes forgets.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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And really, if Young fails, Canales fails, too.—
Mike Kaye
September 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Alternatively, a star being ripped apart in TDE could produce a day-long GRB, but this scenario fails to replicate other properties of the GRB 250702B, an explosion that would require a very unusual star being destroyed by an even stranger black hole.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Neglects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neglects. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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