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Showing words for NEGLECTED using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Neglected

neglected

7 Letter Words for Neglected

elected, genteel, gentled, gleeted, glented, neglect

6 Letter Words for Neglected

cedent, cetene, cledge, decene, decent, decnet, delete, dentel, ectene, egence, elenge, gentle, ledget, leegte, legend, lendee, lenged, needle, teedle, teened

5 Letter Words for Neglected

ctene, denet, eeten, elect, engle, gelee, genet, glede, gleed, gleen, gleet, glene, glent, leden, ledge, neeld, neele, tedge, teend, teene, teleg, tenge

4 Letter Words for Neglected

cede, cele, celt, cene, cent, cete, cled, clee, cleg, ctge, decl, deen, deet, dele, delt, dene, dent, detn, eden, edge, elec, elne, encl, ende, ened, engl, eten, geed, geet, geld, gene, genl, gent, gled, glee, glen, lect, lede, leed, leet, lege, lend, lene, leng, lent, lete, lndg, need, neet, nete, teed, teel, teen, teld, tele, tend, tene, teng

3 Letter Words for Neglected

cdg, cee, cel, cen, cte, ctg, ctn, dec, dee, deg, del, den, det, dle, ecg, ect, eec, eeg, eel, een, eld, elt, enc, end, ene, eng, enl, etc, gcd, ged, gee, gel, gen, get, gld, glt, gtc, gtd, gte, lcd, ldg, led, lee, leg, let, ltd, ned, nee, neg, net, tec, ted, tee, teg, tel, ten, tgn, tlc, tln, tng

Definitions for Neglected

[1] to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
[2] to be remiss in the care or treatment of: to neglect one's family; to neglect one's appearance.
[3] to omit, through indifference or carelessness: to neglect to reply to an invitation.
[4] to fail to carry out or perform (orders, duties, etc.): to neglect the household chores.
[5] to fail to take or use: to neglect no precaution.
[6] an act or instance of neglecting; disregard; negligence: The neglect of the property was shameful.
[7] the fact or state of being neglected: a beauty marred by neglect.
[8] to fail to give due care, attention, or time to to neglect a child
[9] to fail (to do something) through thoughtlessness or carelessness he neglected to tell her
[10] to ignore or disregard she neglected his frantic signals
[11] lack of due care or attention; negligence the child starved through neglect
[12] the act or an instance of neglecting or the state of being neglected

Words related to Neglected

neglectunused, overlooked, deserted, unwanted, decayed, ignored, spurned, dilapidated, abandoned, omitted, lapsed, deferred, deteriorated, forgotten, postponed, shunned, affronted, disregarded, scorned, declined

Words nearby Neglected

neglectnegaton, negator, negatory, negatron, negev, neglect, neglectful, negligee, negligence, negligent, negligible

Origin of Neglected

1520–30; < Latin neglēctus, variant of neclēctus (past participle of neglegere, neclegere to disregard, ignore, slight), equivalent to nec not + leg-, base of legere to pick up + -tus past participle suffix

Other words from Neglected

ne·glect·ed·ly , adverb
ne·glect·ed·ness , noun
ne·glect·er , ne·glec·tor , noun
o·ver·ne·glect , verb (used with object)
pre·ne·glect , verb (used with object)
qua·si-ne·glect·ed , adjective
self-ne·glect , adjective
self-ne·glect·ing , adjective
un·ne·glect·ed , adjective

Word origin for Neglected

C16: from Latin neglegere to neglect, from nec not + legere to select

Synonyms for Neglected

decayed, deserted, ignored, overlooked, spurned, undervalued, unused, unwanted, abandoned, affronted, declined, deferred, depreciated, despised, deteriorated, disdained, dismissed, disregarded, evaded, forgotten, lapsed, omitted, postponed, scorned, shunned, underestimated, cast aside, passed over, tossed aside, unconsidered, unheeded, unwatched