neglecting

Example Sentences

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My deeper concern is that Patricia, now 39, may be neglecting her own future while trying to plan for everyone else’s.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

These include neglecting company culture and falling in love with cool solutions to problems that might or might not exist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

If that's agreed, detectives will then look for evidence that the incident in question saw the suspect "wilfully" neglecting to perform their duty or wilfully misconducting themselves in some other way.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

"The economy has been destroyed," he said, accusing the ousted government of neglecting ordinary citizens.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Sensible mathematics involves neglecting a quantity when it is small—not neglecting it because it is infinitely great and you do not want it!

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife