Search Result for "neglectful":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. not showing due care or attention;
- Example: "inattentive students"
- Example: "an inattentive babysitter"
- Example: "neglectful parents"
[syn: inattentive, neglectful]
2. failing in what duty requires;
- Example: "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"
- Example: "neglectful of his duties"
- Example: "remiss of you not to pay your bills"
[syn: derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Neglectful \Neg*lect"ful\, a. Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent. --Pope. [1913 Webster] A cold and neglectful countenance. --Locke. [1913 Webster] Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet they were not entirely neglectful of it. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] -- Neg*lect"ful*ly, adv. -- Neg*lect"ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "neglectful": behindhand, careless, culpably negligent, delinquent, derelict, disregardful, inadvertent, inattentive, laissez-faire, lax, loose, neglecting, negligent, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, off-guard, overly permissive, permissive, procrastinating, regardless, relaxed, remiss, scamping, skimping, slack, slighting, slurring, uncircumspect, unguarded, unrigorous, unwary, unwatchful
