Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Neglected

ne·glect

tr.v. ne·glect·ed, ne·glect·ing, ne·glects
  1. To pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard: neglected their warnings.
  2. To fail to care for or attend to properly: neglects her appearance.
  3. To fail to do or carry out, as through carelessness or oversight: neglected to return the call.
n.
  1. The act or an instance of neglecting something.
  2. The state of being neglected.
  3. Habitual lack of care.

[Latin neglegere, neglēct- : neg-, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + legere, to choose, pick up; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
ne·glect'er n.

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