neglect

Noun

• failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

• the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

• willful lack of care and attention

• the state of something that has been unused and neglected
  • the house was in a terrible state of neglect
    

• lack of attention and due care

Verb

• give little or no attention to
  • Disregard the errors
    

• fail to attend to
  • he neglects his children
    

• 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
    

• leave undone or leave out
  • How could I miss that typo?
    
  • The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  negligence , carelessness , nonperformance , neglectfulness , disregard , disuse , ignore , fail , pretermit , omit , drop , miss , leave out , overlook , overleap
• Antonyms: 
  attend to , take to heart