neglected

Thân thiện

A neglected puppy sits alone in a corner of the yard.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Receiving insufficient care or attention: Describes something or someone that has not been given the proper, necessary, or expected level of care, maintenance, or consideration.
   • Disregarded or ignored: Describes something that has been overlooked, paid little attention to, or not taken into account.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The garden was overgrown and neglected. (The garden had not been cared for or maintained.)
  • She felt neglected by her busy friends. (She felt ignored or not given enough attention.)
  • The report highlighted the neglected needs of the elderly. (The report focused on the needs that had been overlooked.)

Advanced Usage

• "A neglected aspect/area": A part of a subject or field that has not been sufficiently studied or addressed.
  • His research focuses on a neglected aspect of medieval history.
• "To feel neglected": To experience a sense of being ignored or uncared for in a relationship or group.
  • Children can feel neglected when parents are preoccupied with work.

Variants and Related Words

• Neglect (verb/noun): The act or state of failing to care for or give attention to something.
  • Verb: He neglected his duties.
  • Noun: The building fell into neglect.
• Neglectful (adjective): Characterized by neglect; careless.
  • He was a neglectful pet owner.

Synonyms

• Unattended: Not watched over or looked after.
• Disregarded: Ignored or treated as unimportant.
• Overlooked: Failed to notice or consider.
• Ignored: Refused to take notice of or acknowledge.

Related Phrases

• To suffer from neglect: To be in a poor state due to a lack of care.
  • The historic mansion suffered from decades of neglect.
• Benign neglect: A policy of non-interference that is intended to be beneficial.
  • The teacher used a strategy of benign neglect to encourage student independence.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. lacking a caretaker
   • a neglected child
   • many casualties were lying unattended
2. disregarded
   • his cries were unheeded
   • Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'
   • her ignored advice

Từ đồng nghĩa

• unattended
• ignored
• unheeded