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- DictionaryNe·glect·ed/nəˈɡlektəd/
adjective
- 1. suffering a lack of proper care: "some severely neglected children"
The meaning of NEGLECTED is not given proper or necessary care or attention. How to use neglected in a sentence.
The meaning of NEGLECT is to give little attention or respect to : disregard. How to use neglect in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Neglect.
not receiving enough care or attention: She was distressed at how neglected the children looked. Fewer examples. The badly neglected paintings have all been carefully restored. His claim to be an important and unjustly neglected painter is sheer self-deception - he's no good at all. The cats were neglected and starving.
a situation in which you do not give enough care or attention to someone or something, or the state of not receiving enough care or attention: Both parents were found guilty of neglect and their child was taken away from them. Over the years the church has fallen into a state of neglect. Synonym. disuse.
a situation in which you do not give enough care or attention to someone or something, or the state of not receiving enough care or attention: Both parents were found guilty of neglect and their child was taken away from them. Over the years the church has fallen into a state of neglect. Synonym. disuse. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
Neglect means to fail to pay enough attention to someone or something or to not do enough to properly care for someone or something. In terms of things, neglect usually means that you haven’t maintained them properly.
To neglect something is to not take good care of it, like neglecting your pet salamander by not cleaning its cage, or fail to show your usual affection — neglecting your old friends when you make new ones.
