Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word To fail to care for something or someone; to give too little attention or importance
Neglect
/nɪˈɡlekt/Synonyms:
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Examples:
Nor were moral and social sanitary laws neglected.'I'm not neglecting him.' Sweets Kivel broke in on them.Might he ask, was dying of destitution and neglect necessarily English?
Etymology:
The word neglect comes from the Latin neglectus, past participle of negligere, meaning disregard, from nec- meaning not and legere meaning choose or gather.
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