neglect (
http://definr.com/neglect)
n 1: lack of attention and due care [syn:
disregard]
2: the state of something that has been unused and neglected;
"the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn:
disuse]
3: lack of care and attention [syn:
disregard]
4: the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
[syn:
negligence,
neglectfulness]
5: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person
would exercise under the same circumstances [syn:
negligence,
carelessness,
nonperformance]
v 1: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
[syn:
pretermit,
omit,
drop,
miss,
leave out,
overlook,
overleap] [ant:
attend to]
2: fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to
notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The
secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost
the account" [syn:
fail]
3: fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
4: give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn:
ignore,
disregard]