Roget's Thesaurus

#460. Neglect

Nouns

neglect; carelessness etc. adj.; trifling etc. v.; negligence; omission, oversight, laches [Law], default; supineness etc. (inactivity) 683; inattention etc. 458; nonchalance etc. (insensibility) 823; imprudence, recklessness etc. 863; slovenliness etc. (disorder) 59, (dirt) 653; improvidence etc. 674; noncompletion etc. 730; inexactness etc. (error) 495. paralipsis, paralepsis, paraleipsis (in rhetoric). trifler, waiter on Providence; Micawber.

Verbs

be negligent etc. adj.; take no care of etc. (take care of) etc. 459; neglect; let slip, let go; lay aside, set aside, cast aside, put aside; keep out of sight, put out of sight; lose sight of. overlook, disregard; pass over, pass 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; do by halves; cut; slight etc. (despise) 930; play with, trifle with; slur, skim, skim the surface; effleurer [Fr.]; take a cursory view of etc. 457. slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over; pretermit, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink; table [Parl.]; ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to; leave out of one's calculation; not attend to etc. 457, not mind; not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with; forget etc. 506; be caught napping etc. (not expect) 508; leave a loose thread; let the grass grow under one's feet. render neglectful etc. adj.; put off one's guard, throw off one's guard; distract, divert.

Adjectives

neglecting etc. v.; unmindful, negligent, neglectful; heedless, careless, thoughtless; perfunctory, remiss; feebleness etc. 575. inconsiderate; uncircumspect, incircumspect; off one's guard; unwary, unwatchful, unguarded; offhand. supine etc. (inactive) 683; inattentive etc. 458; insouciant etc. (indifferent) 823; imprudent, reckless etc. 863; slovenly etc. (disorderly) 59, (dirty) 653; inexact etc. (erroneous) 495; improvident etc. 674. neglected etc. v.; unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded, unremarked, unmissed; shunted, shelved. unexamined, unstudied, unsearched, unscanned, unweighed, unsifted, unexplored. abandoned; buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel.

Adverbs

negligently etc. adj.; hand over head, anyhow; in an unguarded moment etc. (unexpectedly) 508; per incuriam [Lat.].

Interjections

never mind, no matter, let it pass.

Phrases

out of sight, out of mind.