Dictionary

neglectful en · ADJ

Etymology

From neglect + -ful.

Meanings

1. Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention; forgetful.
   • Neglectful of her fine voice, she was obviously attending more to her companions than to her own singing;... 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 38–39:
   • The Fates that are so careful to shut the doors of each successive life behind us had, in this case, been neglectful, and Charlie was looking, though that he did not know, where never man had been permitted to look with full knowledge since Time began. 1891, Rudyard Kipling, The Finest Story in the World:
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 243a-b, That they were too neglectful of ordinary people like us and overlooked us.

Forms

Deriveds

neglectfulness · neglectfully

Translations (25)

ca negligent (tending to neglect) · ka დაუდევარი (tending to neglect) · bg небрежен (tending to neglect) · eo neglektema (tending to neglect) · fi löyhäkätinen (tending to neglect) · ms lepa (tending to neglect) · ka ყურწაგდებული (tending to neglect) · fi leväperäinen (tending to neglect) · pl niedbały (tending to neglect) · fr négligent (tending to neglect) · sq mbasdorës (tending to neglect) · ga neamartach (tending to neglect) · de nachlässig (tending to neglect) · ka უზრუნველი (tending to neglect) · ms alpa (tending to neglect) · ms lalai (tending to neglect) · pt negligente (tending to neglect) · ka უგულისყურო (tending to neglect) · ka უდარდელი (tending to neglect) · ka უყურადღებო (tending to neglect) · nb skjødesløs (tending to neglect) · it negligente (tending to neglect) · fi piittaamaton (tending to neglect) · ms cuai (tending to neglect) · nb forsømmelig (tending to neglect)