(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ someone or something, you fail to look after them properly.
The woman denied that she had ~ed her child...
Feed plants and they grow, ~ them and they suffer.
...an ancient and ~ed church.
VERB: V n, V n, V-ed
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Neglect is also a noun.
The town’s old quayside is collapsing after years of ~...
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you ~ someone or something, you fail to give them the amount of attention that they deserve.
He’d given too much to his career, worked long hours, ~ed her...
If you are not careful, children tend to ~ their homework.
VERB: V n, V n
~ed
The fact that she is not coming today makes her grandmother feel lonely and ~ed.
... a ~ed aspect of London’s forgotten history...
The journal she had begun lay ~ed on her bedside table.
= forgotten
ADJ: v-link ADJ, ADJ n, ADJ after v
3.
If you ~ to do something that you ought to do or ~ your duty, you fail to do it.
We often ~ to make proper use of our bodies...
They never ~ their duties.
VERB: V to-inf, V n