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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard on purpose |
| Synonyms: | avoid, be oblivious to, blink, brush off, bury one's head in sand, cold-shoulder, discount, disdain, evade, fail, forget, let it go, look the other way, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no mind, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, shut eyes to, slight, take no notice, tune out, turn back on, turn blind eye, turn deaf ear, wink |
| Notes: | ignore is properly used of things that are present in our surroundings; but for things like rules, conventions, stipulations, contracts, the right word is disregard |
| Antonyms: | acknowledge, heed, look at, note, notice, pay attention, recognize, regard, take notice |
| Main Entry: | forsaken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned |
| Synonyms: | cast off, derelict, deserted, desolate, destitute, disowned, forlorn, friendless, godforsaken, ignored, isolated, jilted, left at the altar, left behind, left in the lurch, lonely, lorn, marooned, outcast, solitary, thrown over |
| Antonyms: | cherished, helped, nurtured, wanted |
| Main Entry: | undeveloped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immature |
| Synonyms: | abortive, backward, behindhand, embryonic, half-baked, ignored, inchoate, incipient, inexperienced, latent, potential, primitive, primordial, unactualized, underdeveloped, unevolved, unprogressive, untaught, untrained |
| Antonyms: | adult, developed, grown, mature |
| Main Entry: | neglected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slighted |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, affronted, cast aside, decayed, declined, deferred, depreciated, deserted, despised, deteriorated, disdained, dismissed, disregarded, evaded, forgotten, ignored, lapsed, omitted, overlooked, passed over, postponed, scorned, shunned, spurned, tossed aside, unconsidered, underestimated, undervalued, unheeded, unused, unwanted, unwatched |
| Antonyms: | cared for, considered, heeded, used |
| Main Entry: | ostracized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | banished |
| Synonyms: | blackballed, ignored, shunned |
| Main Entry: | unanswered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not answered |
| Synonyms: | ignored, not explained, not responded to, pending, tabled, without reply |
| Antonyms: | answered, responded to |
| Main Entry: | unattended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not watched |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, disregarded, ignored, left alone, neglected, untended |
| Main Entry: | unheeded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disregarded |
| Synonyms: | discarded, disobeyed, ignored, neglected, overlooked, rejected, slighted, unconsidered, unnoted, unnoticed, unobserved |
| Antonyms: | considered, contemplated, heeded, noticed, regarded, thought-out |
| Main Entry: | unheeding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not attentive |
| Synonyms: | careless, deaf, forgotten, heedless, ignored, inattentive, inobservant, unmindful, unnoticed, unwatchful |
| Antonyms: | heeding |
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