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# neglect

«neglect» in Mova's school dictionary: **To not give enough care or attention to someone or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (neglect, neglects, neglected, neglecting); noun (neglect, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To not give enough care or attention to someone or something you should look after. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neglect/#m1)

2) To forget or fail to do something: «He neglected to tell us.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neglect/#m2)

3) (noun) The state of not being cared for. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neglect/#m3)

4) (law, safety) When parents or carers do not give a child food, safety, warmth or care, this is called neglect, and adults like teachers must help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neglect/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a neglected garden or house is overgrown and broken; a neglected animal is thin and sad. In ethics and adult-life lessons neglect is a serious wrong that social workers protect children from. In school, neglecting homework means not doing it. Phrases: «neglect your duties», «fall into neglect», «child neglect», «neglected to mention».

### examples

- The old house had been neglected for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neglect/#x1)
- Don't neglect your teeth: brush them twice a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neglect/#x2)
- The dog was rescued from neglect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neglect/#x3)
- He neglected to mention he had broken the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neglect/#x4)
- The garden fell into neglect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neglect/#x5)
- Teachers must report it if they think a child suffers neglect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neglect/#x6)
- She neglected her homework and got behind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neglect/#x7)
- The faithful Nurse, meanwhile, did not neglect her duty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neglect/#x8)

### note

Regular verb. Noun is the same word. Adjectives: neglected, neglectful. «Neglect to do» means «fail to do». Do not confuse with «negligent» (careless, in law) or «negligible» (very small).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «neglect» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neglect/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.