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neglect

/nɪˈɡlɛkt/

US pronunciation

American sound/nɪˈɡlɛkt/

nɪˈɡlɛkt

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

nɪ - ˈɡlɛkt -> neglect

Myanmar meaning

(v) လစ်လျှူရှုသည်။ ပစ်ထားသည်။ မေ့လျော့ပျက်ကွက်သည်။ (n) လစ်လျူရှုမှု။ ဥပေက္ခာပြုမှု။ ပစ်ထားခြင်း။ ပျက်ကွက်ခြင်း။ (n) လျစ်လျူရှုမှု

Full entry

neglect /nÇ'glekt/ v

၁။ လျစ်လျူရှုသည်။ ပစ်ထားသည်။ accuse sb of neglecting their studies/ children/ health ❍ research into neglected and unexamined areas.
၂။ (fml ) မေ့လျော့ပျက်ကွက်သည်။ He neglected to write and say ‘Thank you’. See also NEGLIGENCE
n [U] လျစ်လျူရှုမှု။ ဥပေက္ခာပြုမှု။ ပစ်ထားခြင်း။ ပျက်ကွက်ခြင်း။ The buildings are crumbling because of years of neglect. ❍ She was severely criticized for neglect of duty. ❍ The garden was in a state of total neglect.
❏ neglected adj ဂရုမစိုက်ဘဲထားသော။ ပစ်ထားသော။ abused and neglected children ❍ The house looked sadly neglected.
❏ neglectful /-fl/ adj ~ (of sth/ sb) (fml ) အလေးမထား သော။ neglectful of one's appearance/ responsibilities/ family.

More examples

Parents who neglect their children
What do you think of a man who neglects his wife?
The building has been neglected for years.
He couldn’t neglect his duties as an officer.
[neglect to do something] : She had neglected to inform me that the company was having financial problems.
Often in the past the issue of disability has been neglected.
His work has been badly neglected.
A neglected child
Neglected buildings
The garden was neglected and overgrown.

Synonyms

abandon, desert, ignore, overlook, pass over, disregard, forget, avoid, abandonment, affront, be careless, be derelict, be indifferent, be irresponsible, be negligent, be remiss, brush aside, brush off, bypass, carelessness, chaos, condemn, coolness, default, defer, delay, delinquency, depreciate, dereliction, desertion, despise, detest, dilapidation, discard, discount, disdain, dismiss, disregardance, disrespect, elide, evade, failure, forgetfulness, gloss over, have nothing to do with, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, inconsideration, indifference, keep at arm's length, keep one's distance, lack of care, lapse, laugh off, laxity, laxness, leave alone, let go, let pass, let slide, limbo, live with, look the other way, lose sight of, make light of, miss, mistreatment, neglectfulness, negligence, not care for, not trouble oneself, omission, omit, overleap, overpass, oversight, pass by, pass up, pay no attention to, pay no mind, postpone, pretermission, pretermit, procrastinate, rebuff, reject, remissness, scant, scorn, shirk, shrug off, skimp, skip, slackness, slight, slovenliness, slur, spurn, suspend, think little of, thoughtlessness, trifle, tune out, unconcern, underestimate

Antonyms

accomplish, accomplishment, achieve, achievement, admire, advance, approve, attend, care, cherish, complete, completion, compliment, concern, continue, do, doting, expedite, face, finish, flatter, forward, guard, heed, like, look after, look at, love, lovesome, maintain, meet, note, notice, nurture, obedience, observance, pay attention, praise, protect, recognize, regard, respect, succeed, success, take care of, take on, watch, watchfulness, welcome

Cross references

abandon desert ignore overlook pass over disregard forget avoid abandonment affront be careless be derelict be indifferent be irresponsible be negligent be remiss brush aside brush off bypass carelessness chaos condemn coolness default defer delay delinquency depreciate

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