OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 18958

neglect

/nɪˈɡlɛkt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
descuidar • negligir
To fail to care for or attend to something.
I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs.
to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts
desatender • descuidar • desoír • hacer caso omiso • negligir
To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.
to neglect strangers
descuidar • negligir
To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.
A friend of mine who runs an intellectual magazine was grousing about his movie critic, complaining that though the fellow had liked The Godfather (page 58), he had neglected to la…