Adjective neglected has 2 senses
  1. ignored, neglected, unheeded - disregarded; "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice"
    Antonym: noticed (indirect, via unnoticed)
  2. neglected, unattended - lacking a caretaker; "a neglected child"; "many casualties were lying unattended"
    Antonym: cared-for (indirect, via uncared-for)
,Verb neglect has 4 senses
  1. neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap - leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
    Antonyms: attend to, take to heart
    Derived forms: noun neglect5, noun neglecter1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
  2. fail, neglect - fail to do something; leave something undone; "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"
    Derived form: noun neglect4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
  3. neglect - fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
    Derived forms: noun neglect4, noun neglect3, noun neglect1, noun neglecter1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot neglect Sue
  4. neglect, ignore, disregard - give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"
    Derived forms: noun neglect1, noun neglecter1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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