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Neglectful meaning

Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention; forgetful.

Synonyms of Neglectful

negligent inattentive derelict delinquent remiss

Related words

Other words often associated with Neglectful or its synonyms:

wrongdoer abandoned absent woolgathering due dilapidated careless creaky abstracted worn oblivious moony

Using Neglectful

  • The main meaning on this page is: Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention; forgetful.
  • Useful related words include: negligent, inattentive, derelict, delinquent.
  • In the example corpus, neglectful often appears in combinations such as: or neglectful, and neglectful, her neglectful.

Context around Neglectful

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

feels 1× letting 1× utterly 1× cluelessly 1×

Often after:

owner 1× parenting 1× homes 1× father 1× stewardship 1× damaging 1× owners 1× care 1× treatment 1× parents 1×

Sentence patterns with Neglectful

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a cluelessly neglectful husband solis 1× abusive and neglectful behaviour caused 1× abusive and neglectful so orihime 1× abusive or neglectful caregivers 1× abusive or neglectful homes 1× abusive or neglectful situations will 1× being a neglectful friend or 1× being a neglectful mother is 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a monthslong investigation 1× bob trevino likes 1× but history will 1× directed by as 1× her parents were 1× holes in your 1×

Common sentence endings:

about his pet 1× are equally underused 1× father on facebook 1× generation of victims 1× her various problems 1× incompetent or neglectful 1×

Words around Neglectful

Just before it in the word index:

neglected 691 neglect 724 negit 2 negishi 2 negin 2 negibacteria 2

Just after it in the word index:

neglecting 172 neglects 31 negley 6 negligee 6 negligees 2 negligence 492

Similar in corpus frequency:

agba 33 agios 33 agnc 33 agni 33 airpod 33 ajibola 33

Corpus analysis for Neglectful

  • In this selection, "neglectful" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, feels, letting, utterly, owner, parenting and homes stand out and add context to how "neglectful" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a cluelessly neglectful husband solis and abusive and neglectful behaviour caused. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "neglectful" sits close to words such as agba, agios and agnc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with neglectful

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

It feels neglectful, damaging, most of all it feels political. (10 words)

I remember the pain his abusive and neglectful behaviour caused. (10 words)

Holes in your pants were considered a sign of poverty or neglectful parenting. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

If the author had read she would have been even more horrified because in the book, it isn't an earthquake but a virulent disease (malaria?) that spreads like wildfire through the Indian region where Mary lives with her utterly neglectful parents. (42 words)

A monthslong investigation has found a Cy-Fair ISD daycare was neglectful when a door shut on a 15-month-old, causing her to lose part of her finger. (29 words)

More and more, it seems that removing children from their families is seen as the worst outcome, worse than leaving them in abusive or neglectful homes. (26 words)

Question examples

Is one of you being a neglectful friend, or a reasonable person who has a lot going on? (18 words)

Example sentences (20)

A monthslong investigation has found a Cy-Fair ISD daycare was neglectful when a door shut on a 15-month-old, causing her to lose part of her finger.

Directed by as stray dogs who work together to seek revenge against Doug (), a neglectful owner who never cared about his pet.

Her parents were abusive and neglectful, so Orihime's much older brother Sora fled the household and took his baby sister with him.

Holes in your pants were considered a sign of poverty or neglectful parenting.

However, the mayor is the one to decide if an employee is incompetent or neglectful.

More and more, it seems that removing children from their families is seen as the worst outcome, worse than leaving them in abusive or neglectful homes.

Bob Trevino Likes It is not your typical based-on-a-true-story movie about a young woman finding her neglectful father on Facebook.

But history will record that things fell apart during his ineffectual, riderless and neglectful stewardship in less than seven months,” Frank declared.

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It feels neglectful, damaging, most of all it feels political.

It is long past time to stop letting neglectful owners chip away at our historic neighborhoods piece by piece through their inaction.

This leaves children more vulnerable—like many of the victims in Rochdale and Oldham left to a neglectful care system.

This neglectful treatment hasn’t just been reserved for ’s main players — the supporting roles of ) are equally underused.

If the author had read she would have been even more horrified because in the book, it isn't an earthquake but a virulent disease (malaria?) that spreads like wildfire through the Indian region where Mary lives with her utterly neglectful parents.

I remember the pain his abusive and neglectful behaviour caused.

The annoying Miwako, who accuses Maki of being a neglectful mother, is the match to the tinder of her various problems.

Initially regarded as a cluelessly neglectful husband, Solis would become an integral part of the primetime soap opera.

Research suggests this attachment style is probably the result of abusive or neglectful caregivers.

India has some of the most polluted waterways and beaches in the world due to rapid, unplanned urbanisation, overpopulation and neglectful attitudes, including to public littering.

Is one of you being a neglectful friend, or a reasonable person who has a lot going on?

Says Riley: “Trapping children in abusive or neglectful situations will only create another generation of victims.

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Common combinations with neglectful

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "neglectful" in a sentence?
An example: "A monthslong investigation has found a Cy-Fair ISD daycare was neglectful when a door shut on a 15-month-old, causing her to lose part of her finger." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "neglectful" from authentic English texts.
What does "neglectful" mean?
Neglectful means: Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention; forgetful.
What are synonyms of "neglectful"?
Common synonyms of "neglectful" include: negligent, inattentive, derelict, delinquent, remiss.
How many example sentences with "neglectful" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "neglectful", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.