| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slack, remiss |
| Synonyms: | any way, asleep on job, behindhand, broad, careless, casual, delinquent, derelict, devil-may-care, disregardful, easygoing, flaccid, forgetful, general, imprecise, inaccurate, indefinite, indifferent, inexact, lenient, neglectful, negligent, nonspecific, oblivious, overindulgent, paying no mind, regardless, shapeless, slipshod, sloppy, soft, unmindful, vague, yielding |
| Antonyms: | hard, rigid, strict, tight |
| Main Entry: | ignore |
| 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: | neglect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be indifferent, leave alone |
| Synonyms: | affront, brush aside, brush off, condemn, depreciate, despise, detest, discount, disdain, dismiss, disregard, have nothing to do with, ignore, keep at arm's length, keep one's distance, laugh off, let go, live with, make light of, not care for, overlook, pass by, pass over, pass up, pay no attention to, pay no mind, pretermit, rebuff, reject, scant, scorn, shrug off, slight, slur, spurn, tune out, underestimate |
| Antonyms: | cherish, concern, guard, nurture, protect, take care of, watch |
| Main Entry: | overlook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make allowances for |
| Synonyms: | bear with, blink at, condone, disregard, excuse, forgive, go along with, grin and bear it, handle, ignore, let bygones be bygones, let go, let pass, live with, look the other way, pay no mind, play past, put up with, roll with punches, stand for, stomach, swim with the tide, take, tune out, turn blind eye to, whitewash, wink at, wipe slate clean |
| Notes: | overlook (verb) means to look past or fail to notice, while oversee (verb) means to watch and direct |
| Antonyms: | deny, prevent, refuse, veto |
| Main Entry: | sneeze at |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard |
| Synonyms: | blink at, brush aside, brush away, brush off, discount, have no use for, laugh off, let pass, look the other way, overlook, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no mind, shut eyes to, slight, snub, take lightly, take no notice of, turn a blind eye, turn a deaf ear |
| Main Entry: | disregard |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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absent, absent, bemused, blind, blithe, brainsick, careless, cursory, deaf, disconcerted, distrait, dizzy, dreaming on other things, dreamy, engrossed, giddy, giddy, giddy as a goose, harebrained, harum, high, in the clouds, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, listless, lost, lost in thought, mindless, musing on other things, muzzy, napping, off one's guard, offhand, percursory, preoccupied, put out, rantipole, rapt, regardless, respectless, scatterbrained, thoughtless, undiscerning, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unreflecting, wild, wrapped in thought
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| Concept: | Neglect. |
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-nouns
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.
-verbs
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.
-adjectives
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.
-adverbs
negligently; hand over head, anyhow; in an unguarded moment (unexpectedly); per incuriam.
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| Antonyms: | care |
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