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Results for: "neglect"

Translating from English to Norwegian

Translations:

neglect
→ forsømme, vanskjøtte, neglisjere
neglect
→ unnlate
neglect
→ forsømmelse, vanstell

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (5)

1. lack of attention and due care;
[syn: disregard, neglect]

2. the state of something that has been unused and neglected;
- Example: "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
[syn: neglect, disuse]

3. willful lack of care and attention;
[syn: disregard, neglect]

4. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern;
[syn: negligence, neglect, neglectfulness]

5. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances;
[syn: negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance]


VERB (4)

1. leave undone or leave out;
- Example: "How could I miss that typo?"
- Example: "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
[syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap]

2. fail to do something; leave something undone;
- Example: "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"
- Example: "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
[syn: fail, neglect]

3. fail to attend to;
- Example: "he neglects his children"

4. give little or no attention to;
- Example: "Disregard the errors"
[syn: neglect, ignore, disregard]