neglectful
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An important study from Australia found that in the last few decades we have really lowered the threshold to what is labeled harmful, abusive, traumatizing and neglectful behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
The management company acted in an inappropriate and/or neglectful manner.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025
A mental health trust that discharged a patient despite a "real and immediate risk to her life" was neglectful in its conduct, a coroner has said.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025
The play revolves around two modern-day brothers, Booth and Lincoln, whose fate may be determined by the names their profoundly neglectful parents saddled them with as a joke — a joke with an archetypal punchline.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2025
In fact, they will seize every measure to defend the new prince so long as he is not neglectful of his duties.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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