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neglect
What does neglect mean?
neglect (verb): to fail to care for or attend to something.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use neglect in a sentence?
- You are not to neglect your duty. (Tatoeba sentence #20030 by fishda, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce neglect?
/nəˈɡlɛkt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does neglect come from?
The verb is inherited from Middle English neglect, neclect, derived from Latin neglēctus, perfect passive participle of neglegō (“to make light of, disregard, not to pick up”), itself from nec (“not”) + legō (“to pick up, select”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “neglect” mean?
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to fail to care for or attend to something
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