neglect
noun
1. willful lack of care and attention
Synonym: disregard
2. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Synonym: negligencecarelessnessnonperformance
3. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
Synonym: negligenceneglectfulness
4. lack of attention and due care
Synonym: disregard
5. the state of something that has been unused and neglected
e.g. the house was in a terrible state of neglect
Synonym: disuse
verb
1. leave undone or leave out
e.g. How could I miss that typo?
The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
Synonym: pretermitomitdropmissleave outoverlookoverleap
2. fail to attend to
e.g. he neglects his children
3. give little or no attention to
e.g. Disregard the errors
Synonym: ignoredisregard
4. fail to do something
leave something undone
e.g. She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib
The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account
Synonym: fail