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Neglect Neglected Fail Properly Woman Denied Child Feed

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If you n______ someone or something, you fail to look after them properly.If you neglect someone or something, you fail to look after them properly.
The woman denied that she had neglected her child.
Feed plants and they grow, neglect them and they suffer.
...an ancient and neglected church.
The town's old quayside is collapsing after years of neglect.
Niwano's business began to suffer from neglect.
word neglect
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verb
If you neglect someone or something, you fail to look after them properly.
The woman denied that she had neglected her child.
Feed plants and they grow, neglect them and they suffer.
...an ancient and neglected church.
The town's old quayside is collapsing after years of neglect.
Niwano's business began to suffer from neglect.
If you neglect 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, neglected her.
If you are not careful, children tend to neglect their homework.
The fact that she is not coming today makes her grandmother feel lonely and neglected.
... a neglected aspect of London's forgotten history.
The journal she had begun lay neglected on her bedside table.
If you neglect to do something that you ought to do or neglect your duty, you fail to do it.
We often neglect to make proper use of our bodies.
They never neglect their duties.
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cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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