neglecter

Example Sentences

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It burned me like an acid to bear the name of this neglecter of his duties: this skulker behind a bush while other men did his work.

From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia

The rejecter or the neglecter binds his sin upon himself by his rejection or neglect.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI by Maclaren, Alexander

Handel resembles Lully somewhat in his reputation for being a lover of the table and a neglecter of womankind.

From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 by Hughes, Rupert

Then the scholar we are speaking of, a neglecter rather than an inspecter of books, will stuff his volume with violets, and primroses, with roses and quatrefoil.

From The Love of Books The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury by Thomas, Ernest Chester

Then the scholar we are describing, the neglecter rather than the inspector of books, stuffs his volume with firstling violets, roses, and quadrifoils.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill