Neglect
verb
Not give enough care or attention to something or someone.
She had been neglecting her duties.
Often appears as...
- neglect duty
- neglect health
noun
The act or state of not taking proper care of something.
The building has been under neglect for years.
Often appears as...
- criminal neglect
- gross neglect
verb
Fail to do something that you should do.
You neglected to mention that you're married!
Often appears as...
- neglect to do
- neglect to mention
noun
A situation where someone suffers harm or lack due to lack of care.
Victims of child neglect often suffer long term psychological harm.
Often appears as...
- child neglect
- medical neglect
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The state of being not cared for properly.
Patients with bedsores show signs of nursing neglect.
Often appears as...
- nursing neglect
- self-neglect
Usage tips
Technical
verb
Not give enough care or attention to something or someone.
She had been neglecting her duties.
Often appears as...
- neglect duty
- neglect health
noun
The act or state of not taking proper care of something.
The building has been under neglect for years.
Often appears as...
- criminal neglect
- gross neglect
verb
Fail to do something that you should do.
You neglected to mention that you're married!
Often appears as...
- neglect to do
- neglect to mention
noun
A situation where someone suffers harm or lack due to lack of care.
Victims of child neglect often suffer long term psychological harm.
Often appears as...
- child neglect
- medical neglect
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The state of being not cared for properly.
Patients with bedsores show signs of nursing neglect.
Often appears as...
- nursing neglect
- self-neglect
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Priority Matters
Use 'neglect' when someone isn't prioritizing something important.
He neglects his studies for video games.
Pro Tip 2/2Care and Attention
Emphasizes a failure in giving care or attention, often over time.
Neglecting personal hygiene can lead to health issues.
Pro Tip 1/2Priority Matters
Use 'neglect' when someone isn't prioritizing something important.
He neglects his studies for video games.
Pro Tip 2/2Care and Attention
Emphasizes a failure in giving care or attention, often over time.
Neglecting personal hygiene can lead to health issues.
Pro Tip 1/2Priority Matters
Use 'neglect' when someone isn't prioritizing something important.
He neglects his studies for video games.
Pro Tip 2/2Care and Attention
Emphasizes a failure in giving care or attention, often over time.
Neglecting personal hygiene can lead to health issues.
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Video examples
Stuart Firestein: The...
that what scientists do about it is a kind of a controlled neglect, if you will. We just don't worry about it, in a way. The facts are important. You have to know a lot of stuff to be a scientist. That's true. But knowing a lot of stuff doesn't make you a scientist. You need to know a lot of stuff to be a lawyer
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Einstein's miracle year...
and neglecting to show proper deference to his professors had derailed his intended career path. Passed over even for a lab assistant position, he had to settle for a job at the Swiss patent office, obtained with the help of a friend's father. Working six days a week as a patent clerk,
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
and that we've neglected because of certain mis-founded ideas. Art should be one of the tools by which we improve our society. Art should be didactic. Let's think of something else. The people in the modern world, in the secular world, who are interested in matters of the spirit,
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The benefits of a good...
This neglect is often the result of a major misunderstanding. Sleep isn't lost time, or just a way to rest when all our important work is done. Instead, it's a critical function, during which your body balances and regulates its vital systems, affecting respiration
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Why 30 is not the new 20...
and we were sitting there, blowing it. That was when I realized that this sort of benign neglect was a real problem, and it had real consequences, not just for Alex and her love life but for the careers and the families and the futures
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His Epic Message Will...
we build clever machines that navigate the universe in search of new homes but at the same time those atoms we split created nuclear warfare in our quest to explore the galaxy rejects and neglects the home that we have here now so no
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How can education foster...
address hiv/aids and neglected tropical diseases that a whole systems approach is such a terrific way and high-impact way to solve the hardest problems building and maintaining strong institutions collaborative action and
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
And so what happens? They don't talk about it. But the more fundamental reason that law enforcement for the poor in the developing world is so neglected, is because the people inside the developing world, with money,
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How Can Bees Save Bears?...
So our project now is protecting the ecosystem, protecting the Inter-Andean dry forest and all the little bits and pieces, and all the elements that is inside. That amazing and beautiful and neglected ecosystem.
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My descent into...
completely neglecting the fact that my parents were hardworking immigrants who struggled to survive, despite not getting help from anybody else. For the next eight years, I saw friends die,
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Stuart Firestein: The...
that what scientists do about it is a kind of a controlled neglect, if you will. We just don't worry about it, in a way. The facts are important. You have to know a lot of stuff to be a scientist. That's true. But knowing a lot of stuff doesn't make you a scientist. You need to know a lot of stuff to be a lawyer
Video examples
Einstein's miracle year...
and neglecting to show proper deference to his professors had derailed his intended career path. Passed over even for a lab assistant position, he had to settle for a job at the Swiss patent office, obtained with the help of a friend's father. Working six days a week as a patent clerk,
Video examples
Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
and that we've neglected because of certain mis-founded ideas. Art should be one of the tools by which we improve our society. Art should be didactic. Let's think of something else. The people in the modern world, in the secular world, who are interested in matters of the spirit,
Video examples
The benefits of a good...
This neglect is often the result of a major misunderstanding. Sleep isn't lost time, or just a way to rest when all our important work is done. Instead, it's a critical function, during which your body balances and regulates its vital systems, affecting respiration
Video examples
Why 30 is not the new 20...
and we were sitting there, blowing it. That was when I realized that this sort of benign neglect was a real problem, and it had real consequences, not just for Alex and her love life but for the careers and the families and the futures
Video examples
His Epic Message Will...
we build clever machines that navigate the universe in search of new homes but at the same time those atoms we split created nuclear warfare in our quest to explore the galaxy rejects and neglects the home that we have here now so no
Video examples
How can education foster...
address hiv/aids and neglected tropical diseases that a whole systems approach is such a terrific way and high-impact way to solve the hardest problems building and maintaining strong institutions collaborative action and
Video examples
Gary Haugen: The hidden...
And so what happens? They don't talk about it. But the more fundamental reason that law enforcement for the poor in the developing world is so neglected, is because the people inside the developing world, with money,
Video examples
How Can Bees Save Bears?...
So our project now is protecting the ecosystem, protecting the Inter-Andean dry forest and all the little bits and pieces, and all the elements that is inside. That amazing and beautiful and neglected ecosystem.
Video examples
My descent into...
completely neglecting the fact that my parents were hardworking immigrants who struggled to survive, despite not getting help from anybody else. For the next eight years, I saw friends die,
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Quote examples
Florence Nightingale
English Activist
The most important practical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe - how to observe - what symptoms indicate improvement - what the reverse - which are of importance - which are of none - which are the evidence of neglect - and of what kind of neglect.
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Alexander Fleming
Scottish Scientist
I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice to the young laboratory worker, it would be this - never to neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
When a father puts in long hours at work, he's praised for being dedicated and ambitious. But when a mother stays late at the office, she's sometimes accused of being selfish, neglecting her kids.
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Ernest Gaines
American Writer
I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was afraid it wouldn't be the writing.
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Zeljko Ivanek
Slovenian Actor
Both 'Oz' and 'Homicide,' they're critically admired, so it's not like they're really neglected, but I wish they'd found bigger audiences.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
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Socrates
Greek Philosopher
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods.
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Chip Conley
American Businessman
We're all human. It's the most important, neglected fact in business.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
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Florence Nightingale
English Activist
The most important practical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe - how to observe - what symptoms indicate improvement - what the reverse - which are of importance - which are of none - which are the evidence of neglect - and of what kind of neglect.
Quote examples
Alexander Fleming
Scottish Scientist
I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice to the young laboratory worker, it would be this - never to neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening.
Quote examples
Michelle Obama
American First Lady
When a father puts in long hours at work, he's praised for being dedicated and ambitious. But when a mother stays late at the office, she's sometimes accused of being selfish, neglecting her kids.
Quote examples
Ernest Gaines
American Writer
I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was afraid it wouldn't be the writing.
Quote examples
Zeljko Ivanek
Slovenian Actor
Both 'Oz' and 'Homicide,' they're critically admired, so it's not like they're really neglected, but I wish they'd found bigger audiences.
Quote examples
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
Quote examples
Socrates
Greek Philosopher
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods.
Quote examples
Chip Conley
American Businessman
We're all human. It's the most important, neglected fact in business.
Quote examples
Plato
Greek Philosopher
If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
Quote examples
Samuel Johnson
English Writer
When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
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