neglectful

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Ellis says this narrative plays out in the film - Folarin works so much that he becomes "neglectful and sidetracked".

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

Mr. Sparks portrayed a man reaching out to his long-estranged brother in the wake of the death of their neglectful mother.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

The management company acted in an inappropriate and/or neglectful manner.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

It doesn’t matter whether DeJoy’s management is incompetent, neglectful, sinister or merely not up to the task.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024

Mantell was a lanky assemblage of shortcomings–he was vain, self-absorbed, priggish, neglectful of his family–but never was there a more devoted amateur paleontologist.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson