Dictionary entry

Neglectful

Pronunciation: /nɪˈɡlɛktf(ə)l/

Pronunciation

/nɪˈɡlɛktf(ə)l/

Myanmar Meaning

(adj) အရေးမထား-အလေးမမူ-ဂရုမစိုက်-သော။ပျက်ကွက်လစ်ဟင်းသော။

Definition

neglect /nÇ'glekt/ v ၁။ လ်စ္လ်ဴ႐ႈသည္။ ပစ္ထားသည္။ accuse sb of neglecting their studies/ children/ health ❍ research into neglected and unexamined areas. ၂။ ( fml ) ေမ့ေလ်ာ့ပ်က္ကြက္သည္။ He neglected to write and say ‘Thank you’. See also NEGLIGENCE n [U] လ်စ္လ်ဴ႐ႈမႈ။ ဥေပကၡာျပဳမႈ။ ပစ္ထားျခင္း။ ပ်က္ကြက္ျခင္း။ 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 ဂ႐ုမစိုက္ဘဲထားေသာ။ ပစ္ထားေသာ။ abused and neglected children ❍ The house looked sadly neglected. ❏ neglectful /-fl/ adj ~ (of sth/ sb) ( fml ) အေလးမထား ေသာ။ neglectful of one's appearance/ responsibilities/ family.

Examples

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