different between neglect vs misregard

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin negl?ctus, perfect passive participle of negleg? (“make light of, disregard, not to pick up”), a variant of necleg?, itself from nec (“not”) + leg? (“pick up, select”). Recorded since 1529, as noun since 1588.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n???l?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

neglect (third-person singular simple present neglects, present participle neglecting, simple past and past participle neglected)

1. (transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
2. (transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.

3. (transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.

Synonyms

• (fail to care for): let slide
• (to omit to notice): disregard, take no notice of; see also Thesaurus:ignore
• (failure due to carelessness): fail, forget

Antonyms

• (fail to care for): care, mind, reck; see also Thesaurus:care
• (to omit to notice): consider, notice, regard; see also Thesaurus:pay attention

Derived terms

Related terms

• negligee
• negligent
• negligence

Translations

Noun

neglect (countable and uncountable, plural neglects)

1. The act of neglecting.
2. The state of being neglected.
3. Habitual lack of care.

Synonyms

• carelessness
• negligence

Antonyms

• consideration
• notice
• regard

Translations

English

Etymology

From mis- +? regard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?s??????(?)d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Noun

misregard (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Wrong understanding; misconstruction.
2. Disregard; failure to heed or consider; contempt; neglect.
   • 1801, Bannatyne Club, Publications - Volume 93, Issue 1 - Page 297:

     As to the duke's misregard of her offer, they did remit the truth of that to the report of the persons employed by herself.

   • 1988, Harry Berger, Revisionary Play:

     […] poem does a turnabout as the narrator justifies that "misregard" by telling the golden-age story from the Censor's standpoint: […]

Derived terms

• misregardful

Verb

misregard (third-person singular simple present misregards, present participle misregarding, simple past and past participle misregarded)

1. (transitive) To disregard; fail to heed; ignore; neglect.

Synonyms

• misheed; see also Thesaurus:fail to notice or Thesaurus:ignore

Derived terms

• misregarder