'Neglected' definitions:
Definition of 'neglected'
From: WordNet
adjective
Disregarded; "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice" [syn: ignored, neglected, unheeded]
adjective
Lacking a caretaker; "a neglected child"; "many casualties were lying unattended" [syn: neglected, unattended]
Definition of 'Neglected'
From: GCIDE
- Neglect \Neg*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neglected; p. pr. & vb. n. Neglecting.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. being, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf. Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See No, adv., Legend, Who.]
- 1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to allow to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts. [1913 Webster]
- I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- This, my long suffering and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See Slight. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'neglected'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- deserted,
- disregarded,
- forgotten,
- half-done,
- ignored,
- ill-requited,
- ill-rewarded,
- laid aside,
- left undone,
- missed,
- omitted,
- overlooked,
- passed by,
- passed over,
- passed up,
- pigeonholed,
- put aside,
- run-down,
- shunted,
- sidelined,
- sidetracked,
- slighted,
- unaccomplished,
- unachieved,
- unacknowledged,
- unasked,
- unattained,
- unattended to,
- uncared-for,
- unchaperoned,
- uncompleted,
- unconsidered,
- unconsummated,
- uncredited,
- undischarged,
- undone,
- unexecuted,
- unfairly neglected,
- unfinished,
- unfulfilled,
- unheeded,
- unperformed,
- unrealized,
- unrecognized,
- unregarded,
- unrequited,
- unrewarded,
- unsolicited,
- untended,
- unthanked,
- unwatched