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DISREGARD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Willful lack of care and attention

Synonyms:

disregard; neglect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("disregard" is a kind of...):

mistreatment (the practice of treating (someone or something) badly)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disregard"):

despite (contemptuous disregard)

Derivation:

disregard (give little or no attention to)

disregard (bar from attention or consideration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lack of attention and due care

Synonyms:

disregard; neglect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("disregard" is a kind of...):

inattention (lack of attention)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disregard"):

omission (neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something)

Derivation:

disregard (give little or no attention to)

disregard (bar from attention or consideration)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give little or no attention to

Example:

Disregard the errors

Synonyms:

disregard; ignore; neglect

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disregard"):

pretermit (disregard intentionally or let pass)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

disregard (willful lack of care and attention)

disregard (lack of attention and due care)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bar from attention or consideration

Example:

She dismissed his advances

Synonyms:

brush aside; brush off; discount; dismiss; disregard; ignore; push aside

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "disregard" is one way to...):

reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disregard"):

cold-shoulder; slight (pay no attention to, disrespect)

discredit (cause to be distrusted or disbelieved)

shrug off (minimize the importance of, brush aside)

pass off (disregard)

flout; scoff (treat with contemptuous disregard)

turn a blind eye (refuse to acknowledge)

laugh away; laugh off (deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it)

disoblige (ignore someone's wishes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

disregard (willful lack of care and attention)

disregard (lack of attention and due care)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Refuse to acknowledge

Example:

She cut him dead at the meeting

Synonyms:

cut; disregard; ignore; snub

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "disregard" is one way to...):

do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Credits

 Context examples: 

Her imagination was busy, her reflections were pleasant, and the pain of a sprained ankle was disregarded.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

If you have Libra rising or a Libra Sun with Scorpio rising, then disregard what I just said—you have superb aspects now, and you don’t have to wait.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others that is manifested in childhood or early adolescence.

(Antisocial Personality Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

It was thus that I was to be taught to associate evil with their prosecution, happiness with their disregard.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

She was not pleased to see Julia excluded from the play, and sitting by disregarded; but as it was not a matter which really involved her happiness, as Henry must be the best judge of his own, and as he did assure her, with a most persuasive smile, that neither he nor Julia had ever had a serious thought of each other, she could only renew her former caution as to the elder sister, entreat him not to risk his tranquillity by too much admiration there, and then gladly take her share in anything that brought cheerfulness to the young people in general, and that did so particularly promote the pleasure of the two so dear to her.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

But he disregarded my protest.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Her monstrosities in the way of cattle would have taken prizes at an agricultural fair, and the perilous pitching of her vessels would have produced seasickness in the most nautical observer, if the utter disregard to all known rules of shipbuilding and rigging had not convulsed him with laughter at the first glance.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

What if a former caprice (a freak very possible to a nature so sudden and headstrong as his) has delivered him into her power, and she now exercises over his actions a secret influence, the result of his own indiscretion, which he cannot shake off, and dare not disregard?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

In our own case the excellent engines of the Esmeralda could disregard the sluggish flow of the stream, and we made as rapid progress as if we were navigating a stagnant lake.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Lestrade knew my friend too well to disregard his words.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)