Definitions For Neglect

noun

  • Willful lack of care and attention
  • Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
  • The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
  • Lack of attention and due care
  • The state of something that has been unused and neglected
  • Lack of attention or care that someone or something needs
  • The condition of not being taken care of

verb

  • Leave undone or leave out
  • Fail to attend to
  • Give little or no attention to
  • Fail to do something; leave something undone
  • To fail to take care of or to give attention to (someone or something)
  • To fail to do (something)

Is Neglects a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
15

The word Neglect is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Neglect in a Sentence

  • The building has been neglected for years.
  • The city has neglected the teacher shortage for too long.
  • The prison guard neglected his duty.
  • The park was overgrown and littered from years of neglect.
  • The parents were charged with child neglect.
  • The house is in a state of neglect.

Synonyms for Neglect

Antonyms for Neglects

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