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disregard
noun as in ignoring
Strongest matches
apathy, contempt, disdain, disrespect, inattention, indifference, neglect, negligence, scorn
Strong matches
brush-off, disesteem, disfavor, disinterest, forgetting, heedlessness, inadvertence, insouciance, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, neglecting, oblivion, omission, omitting, overlooking, oversight, slight, slighting, unconcern, unmindfulness
Weak match
verb as in ignore; make light of
Strong matches
cold-shoulder, contemn, despise, discount, disdain, disparage, fail, miss, overpass, pooh-pooh, scorn, slight, snub, vilipend
Weak matches
blink at, brush aside, brush away, brush off, have no use for, laugh off, leave out of account, let go, let off easy, let pass, live with, look the other way, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no mind, shut eyes to, take no notice of, tune out, turn a blind eye, turn a deaf ear, wink at
Example Sentences
In other words, while millions of Trump supporters are still decent human beings, the parts of them that support Trump’s fascistic policies and practices — the contempt for democracy, the appeals to hate against women and minorities and poor people, the opposition to democracy, the disregard for facts that contradict their narrative — are most definitely not decent.
Despite Trump’s clear favoritism toward Israel and utter disregard for the Palestinians, an exit poll indicated that just 20 percent of Muslim Americans voted for Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday.
The girl, who is from Mparntwe or Alice Springs, also uses vocabulary from the Gamilaraay people of NSW and Queensland, which Ms Davis said showed "complete disregard for the vast differences among First Nations languages, cultures, and practices".
There’s no question that the forthcoming return of Donald Trump and his willful disregard for science, truth, and basic empathy is a massive step backward in the struggle toward a world built on justice, equity, and a stable climate.
No matter how much proof the media musters about Donald Trump’s lies, crimes, and derelictions, no matter how eloquent the cases pundits make about his manifest unfitness for office, no matter how hard journalists try to document their processes and present their work in compelling ways, half the country continues to demean and disregard their efforts while choosing instead to trust real-estate hucksters, YouTube supplement salesmen, disheveled podcast conspiracists, and countless other unreliable sources that barely even bother to appear credible.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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