Neglect
Neglect
#460. Neglect. -- N. neglect; carelessness &c. adj.; trifling &c. v.;
negligence; omission, oversight, laches[Law], default; supineness &c.
(inactivity) 683; inattention &c. 458; nonchalance &c. (insensibility) 823;
imprudence, recklessness &c. 863; slovenliness &c. (disorder) 59, (dirt)
653; improvidence &c. 674; noncompletion &c. 730; inexactness &c. (error)
495.
- paralipsis, paralepsis, paraleipsis [in rhetoric].
- trifler, waiter on Providence; Micawber.
- V. be negligent &c. adj.; take no care of &c. (take care of &c. 459);
neglect; let slip,let go; lay aside, set aside, cst aside, put aside; keep
out of sight, put out of sight; lose sight of.
- overlook, disregard; pass over, pas by; let pass; blink; wink at,
connive at;gloss over; take no note of, take no thought of, take no account
of, take no notice of; pay no regard to; laisser aller[Fr].
- scamp; trifle, fribble[obs]; do by halves; cut; slight &c. (despise)
930; play with, trifle with; slur, skim, skim the surface; effleurer [Fr];
take a cursory view of &c. 457.
- slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over; pretermit[obs], miss,
skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink;
table [parliamentary]; ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a
deaf ear to; leave out of one's calculation; not attend to &c. 457, not
mind; not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble
oneself with; forget &c. 506; be caught napping &c. (not expect) 508; leave
a loose thread; let the grass grow under one's feet.
- render neglectful &c. adj.; put off one's guard, throw off one's
guard; distract, divert.
- Adj. neglecting &c. v.; unmindful, negligent, neglectful; heedless,
careless, thoughtless; perfunctory, remiss; feebleness &c. 575.
- inconsiderate; uncircumspect[obs], incircumspect[obs]; off one's
guard; unwary, unwatchful[obs], unguarded; offhand.
- supine &c. (inactive) 683; inattentive &c. 458; insouciant &c.
(indifferent) 823; imprudent, reckless &c. 863; slovenly &c. (disorderly)
59, (dirty) 653; inexact &c. (erroneous) 495; improvident &c. 674.
- neglected &c. v.; unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen,
unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted[obs], unmarked, unattended to, unthought
of, unregarded[obs], unremarked, unmissed[obs]; shunted, shelved.
- unexamined, unstudied, unsearched[obs], unscanned[obs],
unweighed[obs], unsifted, unexplored.
- abandoned; buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel.
- Adv. negligently &c. adj.; hand over head, anyhow; in an unguarded
moment &c. (unexpectedly) 508; per incuriam[Lat].
- Int. never mind, no matter, let it pass.
- Phr. out of sight, out of mind.