Collocations for "neglected"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "neglected" in context.
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neglect
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- the [parents, teachers] neglected their [children, students]
- neglected his [duties, responsibilities, obligation]
- the [workers, parents, police] neglected their [duties]
- neglected by her [parents]
- neglected for [days, months, years]
- neglected to [mention, pay, tell, answer]
- neglected to [inform, tell] me [that, of]
- [don't, do not] neglect to [tell, inform]
- [don't, do not] neglect your [teeth, health]
- neglected to pay for the meal, damage]
- neglected to pay [the fine, their fees, the bill]
- neglect the [fact, point] (that)
- neglect [an area, the building, the land]
- the [area] was neglected (for years)
- neglected and [disused, abandoned, forgotten]
- suffering from neglect
- the neglect of a [child, baby, student]
- the [house, property] was left in total neglect
- the total neglect of the [house]
- the [house] is [ruined, crumbling] from years of neglect
- is in a [shameful, pitiful, terrible] state of neglect
- a beautiful [plot, landscape, property] ruined by neglect
- the neglect of your [duties, responsibilities]
- a blatant neglect of
- neglect and [abuse, exploitation]
- legal cases of neglect
- charged with [severe, serious] neglect
'neglected' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):