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NEGLECTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking a caretaker
Example:
many casualties were lying unattended
Synonyms:
neglected; unattended
Classified under:
Similar:
uncared-for (lacking needed care and attention)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Disregarded
Example:
her ignored advice
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
unnoticed (not noticed)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb neglect
Context examples:
If the latter, may it be taken as some sign of self-reproach for duty neglected?
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I have neglected her too long.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Day after day, week after week, month after month, I was coldly neglected.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Today, it is considered one of the most serious so-called neglected diseases, due to its current geographical reach.
(Scientists identify how the exosomes of the parasite responsible for Chagas disease affect heart cells, University of Granada)
Your partner may feel you’ve neglected your relationship to concentrate on your career, and now you can grow close again by having fun together, weaving a lasting memory of love.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
So they finally departed, grumbling greatly that in all probability, if the thing were so, he had neglected to cut up the carcasses.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
You need not be afraid, Miss Elliot, of your own sweet flower gardens being neglected.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
"Did I not say you neglected essential points to pursue trifles?" he asked.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Considered a neglected disease, leishmaniasis is endemic in 98 countries and causes 70,000 deaths a year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
(Study uncovers cause of aggressive leishmaniasis strain, SciDev.Net)
Considered a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization (WHO), dengue is spread by the females of the Aedes genus; this includes the species albopictus mosquito, or Asian tiger mosquito.
(Mosquitos rendered infertile by biological engineering, SciDev.Net)
