as in careless
failing to give proper care and attention
he's certainly not a neglectful father as he takes very good care of his children
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Recent Examples of neglectful
The play revolves around two modern-day brothers, Booth and Lincoln, whose fate may be determined by the names their profoundly neglectful parents saddled them with as a joke — a joke with an archetypal punchline.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Two pit bulls were rescued from their allegedly neglectful owner and her uninhabitable home on Wednesday, Feb. 19, according to a Sunday, Feb. 23 Suffolk County SPCA news release.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
These dream-memories throw us directly into the action with scenes involving mobsters, a neglectful father, and an explosion—all before skipping back to unrelated conversations in modern day.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 23 Feb. 2025
Nor is stealth aided by growing evidence of his own neglectful self-care: exhaustion, panic attacks, blackouts, a limp from unattended jogging injuries, eventually audio and visual hallucinations.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Two pit bulls were rescued from their allegedly neglectful owner and her uninhabitable home on Wednesday, Feb. 19, according to a Sunday, Feb. 23 Suffolk County SPCA news release.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
These dream-memories throw us directly into the action with scenes involving mobsters, a neglectful father, and an explosion—all before skipping back to unrelated conversations in modern day.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 23 Feb. 2025
Nor is stealth aided by growing evidence of his own neglectful self-care: exhaustion, panic attacks, blackouts, a limp from unattended jogging injuries, eventually audio and visual hallucinations.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neglectful
Adjective
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Following the accident, the driver, a 61-year-old woman, was cited with careless driving and cooperated with investigators at the scene, the sheriff’s office said.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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She was cited with careless driving, the sheriff’s office said.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2025
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For those who prefer a little more structure to their days, the resort has all kinds of other tricks up its sleeve, including an expansive waterpark featuring a lazy river, several waterslides, and adults-only pools surrounded by cabanas and day beds.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2025
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Attractions include a one-acre wave pool, lazy river, and Summit Plummet, one of the tallest and fastest free-fall body slides in the world.—
Carly Caramanna,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Four years later, a Colorado jury found both paramedics guilty of negligent homicide.—
Arthur L. Kellermann,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Lee was taken into custody by the sheriff’s office on charges of second-degree murder and negligent discharge of a firearm, police said.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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Today, many are boarded up, lying forlorn and derelict or caught in legal tangles between former owners’ descendants; others have been demolished to make way for modern developments, with the antiques and timber sold off by owners.—
Kalpana Sunder,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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This season, the collection embraces the rough poetry of derelict architecture and the passing of time.—
Gemma A. Williams,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Neglectful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neglectful. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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