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Meanings of neglectful in English

Failing in what duty requires.

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Usage of neglectful in English
1
Judgment that scenarios were neglectful correlated closely with the decision to report.
Pubmed
2
She forgot the unworthy father, as she thought of the neglectful mother.
Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
3
It is not true that the Courts were corrupt, neglectful or remiss.
The Vigilance Committee of 1856
4
Each of them goes on its own way, neglectful of the whole.
The Nature of Goodness
5
I never took advantage of your case, to be cruel or neglectful.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 / A Magaz...
6
The father-in-law who sees his savings frittered away by his neglectful daughter-in-law.
The Irish Times
7
Often he wished that Ellen would become neglectful, like so many others.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03
8
He had never been unkind, but merely neglectful, unsmiling, coldly deterrent, unapproachable.
Shining Ferry
9
I don't mean by this, that Mrs. Jones is a neglectful woman.
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper
10
But I am afraid, sir, that we have been worse than neglectful--stupid
The High School Boys' Canoe Club
11
Mother's Day - the annual guilt-trip for neglectful spouses and offhand offspring.
The Irish Times
12
Touching the latter defect, the waiter is not impolite; he is not neglectful.
Your United States: Impressions of a first visit
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It is also shockingly neglectful, especially so close to urban areas.
Reuters
14
He has met the king, who accepts him in his own neglectful way.
The viking takes a knight
15
But neglectful or narcissistic parents are everywhere, especially, as the title suggests, fathers.
The Guardian
16
God knows I loved you; yes, even when I seemed cold and neglectful.
Fenton's Quest
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