Hypertext Webster Gateway: "neglected"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Neglect \Neg*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neglected}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Neglecting}.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere
(negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob.
neing, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a
particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf.
Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See {No},
adv., {Legend}, {Who}.]
1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear
one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved,
unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight;
as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.

I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs.
--Shak.

This, my long suffering and my day of grace, Those
who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton.

2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or
respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.

Syn: To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See
{Slight}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

neglected
adj 1: disregarded; "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected
one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored
advice" [syn: {ignored}, {unheeded}]
2: lacking a caretaker; "a neglected child"; "many casualties
were lying unattended" [syn: {unattended}]


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