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neglected /nɪˈɡlɛktɪd /adjective1Suffering a lack of proper care: some severely neglected children...- The court was told that a neglected red canary and a hamster were also found in the shop.
- That would mean each vulnerable member of society, from frail pensioner to neglected child, being given the time and care they needed.
- Previous retrospective assessments in younger samples of childhood victimization and neglect have found that neglected boys and girls were at higher risk for arrests for violent crimes.
1.1Not receiving proper attention; disregarded: a neglected area of research...- I think it is a neglected area, and I think that just follows the trend of psychology in general and a lot of areas.
- I wish we would have this kind of pledges in all the forgotten and neglected emergencies in Africa and elsewhere, where also hundreds of thousands of lives are at stake.
- Assured that the Virginia frontier was safe from French attack, Washington left the army in 1758 and returned to Mount Vernon, directing his attention toward restoring his neglected estate.
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