keep ones distance

neglect; carelessness; trifling; negligence; omission, laches, default; supineness (inactivity); inattention; nonchalance (insensibility); imprudence, recklessness; slovenliness (disorder), (dirt) [more]; improvidence; noncompletion; inexactness (error)., paralelpsis [in rhetoric]., trifler, waiter on Providence; Micawber.

be negligent; take no care of (take care of [more]); neglect; let slip, let go; lay aside, set aside, cast aside, put aside; keep out of sight, put out of sight; lose sight of., overlook, disregard; pass over, pass by; let pass; blink; wink at, connive at; gloss over; take no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice of; pay no regard to; laisser aller., scamp; trifle, fribble; do by halves; cut; slight (despise); play with, trifle with; slur, skim, skim the surface; effleurer; take a cursory view of., slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over; pretermit, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink; ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to; leave out of one's calculation; not attend to, not mind; not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with; forget; be caught napping (not expect); leave a loose thread; let the grass grow under one's feet., render neglectful; put off one's guard, throw off one's guard.

neglecting; unmindful, negligent, neglectful; heedless, careless, thoughtless; perfunctory, remiss., inconsiderate; uncircumspect, incircumspect; off one's guard; unwary, unwatchful, unguarded; offhand., supine (inactive); inattentive; insouciant (indifferent); imprudent, reckless; slovenly (disorderly), (dirty) [more]; inexact (erroneous); improvident.

negligently; hand over head, anyhow; in an unguarded moment (unexpectedly); per incuriam.