neglect

transitive verb

To pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard.

transitive verb

To fail to care for or attend to properly.

transitive verb

To fail to do or carry out, as through carelessness or oversight.

noun

The act or an instance of neglecting something.

noun

The state or fact of being neglected.

noun

Habitual lack of care.

Neglected.

To treat carelessly or heedlessly; forbear to attend to or treat with respect; be remiss in attention or duty toward; pay little or no attention to; slight: as, to neglect one’s best interests; to neglect one’s friends.

To overlook or omit; disregard: as, the difference is so small that it may be neglected.

To omit to do or perform; let slip; leave undone; fail through heedlessness to do or in doing (something): often with an infinitive as object.