disregard
to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
to treat without due regard, respect, or attentiveness; slight: to disregard an invitation.
lack of regard or attention; neglect.
lack of due or respectful regard.
Origin of disregard
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Other words for disregard
Opposites for disregard
Other words from disregard
- dis·re·gard·a·ble, adjective
- dis·re·gard·er, noun
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How to use disregard in a sentence
Meatpacking companies “have refused to take basic precautions to protect their workers, many of whom earn extremely low wages and lack adequate paid leave, and have shown a callous disregard for workers’ health,” Clyburn said in the letters.
House Democrats Launch Investigation of OSHA, Meat Plants Over COVID-19 Outbreaks | Abigail Abrams | February 2, 2021 | TimeMore bizarrely, the planets have arranged themselves with complete disregard for the standard layout that most solar systems tend to follow.
These 6 exoplanets somehow orbit their star in perfect rhythm | Charlie Wood | January 27, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe slave code brings into view a host of assumptions about who is valued and who is not, about who has standing in this country and who can be treated, to echo the sentiment of the Dred Scott case, with a generalized sense of disregard.
We Can Make America Anew Only If We're Honest About the Depth of the Ugliness and Hate Today | Eddie S. Glaude Jr. | January 11, 2021 | TimeHard to call this a true victory for press freedom, given the judge's disregard for journalists' rights in the ruling.
Why Julian Assange’s victory does little to help the cause of press freedom | David Meyer | January 4, 2021 | FortuneIts popularity reflects a confusing combination of trust in maps and respect for institutions with a complete disregard for science and scholarship.
But Jackson disregarded him and went straight to the magistrate.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn reality, the Iraqi borders had been arbitrarily drawn and disregarded 2,000 years of tribal, sectarian, and nomadic occupation.
The Pentagon disregarded the order and sent two huge planes to pass over a group of tiny uninhabited islands south-west of Japan.
U.S. Uses B-52 Bombers to Brush Back Chinese Expansion | Nico Hines | November 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDavies said he disregarded these orders but did not want to displease a man he respected so much.
As settlers sanctified their vision and disregarded Jewish opposition, they divided the nation.
Halevi's 'Like Dreamers' Is the Big Book On Israel We've Been Waiting For | Don Futterman | October 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut all his dying68 advice and solemn charges the Prince eventually disregarded.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonThere is an entry in Godalming parish registers, on this very road, which shows that this was no disregarded law.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperAlone in the Assembly, without a friend, he attacked all parties alike, and was by all disregarded.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottHence, when lawful covenant engagements are disregarded by a community, the excellence which gave it an attractive power is gone.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamBut it is certain that, if there was murmuring among the Jacobites, it was disregarded by James.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for disregard
/ (ˌdɪsrɪˈɡɑːd) /
to give little or no attention to; ignore
to treat as unworthy of consideration or respect
lack of attention or respect
(often plural) social welfare capital or income which is not counted in calculating the amount payable to a claimant for a means-tested benefit
Derived forms of disregard
- disregarder, noun
- disregardful, adjective
- disregardfully, adverb
- disregardfulness, noun
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