different between neglect vs negligibly
neglect
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)
- (transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
- (transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.
- (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)
- The act of neglecting.
- The state of being neglected.
- Habitual lack of care.
Synonyms
- carelessness
- negligence
Antonyms
- consideration
- notice
- regard
Translations
neglect From the web:
- what neglect means
- what neglect does to a child
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- what neglected mean in a relationship
- what is meant by neglect
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negligibly
English
Etymology
negligible +? -ly
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??l?d??bli/, /?n??l?d??bli/
Adverb
negligibly (not comparable)
- To a degree that is negligible; so small or slight that it may be ignored.
- 1920 — Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and General Theory
- Thus if the spherical surface beings are living on a planet of which the solar system occupies only a negligibly small part of the spherical universe, they have no means of determining whether they are living in a finite or in an infinite universe.
- 1920 — Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and General Theory
Synonyms
- insignificantly
Antonyms
- importantly
- significantly
Related terms
- neglect
- neglectful
- negligence
- negligent
- negligently
- negligibility
- negligible
negligibly From the web:
- what negligible means
- what negligible mass
- what does negligible mean
- what is negligibly small meaning
- non-negligible
- what does negligible
- what does negligible friction mean
- what is negligible value
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