neglect
verb (used with object)
to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight.
am neglecting
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present progressiveof neglect (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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This is perhaps astute: like many caregivers, I often wonder if I am neglecting my own health in order to focus on their bodies' needs, rather than my own.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2022
When I am between books I suffer a sensation a bit like prolonged insomnia, that I am neglecting some essential restorative and nourishing activity.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2012
In the hospital there are many sick; am neglecting the hospital, and my conscience hurts, but am going regularly from to-morrow; must find time somewhere.
From Woman's Endurance by A. D (August D.) Luckhoff
Come along, or Dad will be beginning to think that I am neglecting my duties, and I must be on quite my best behaviour to-day.
From The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension by George Chetwynd Griffith
But," she went on, "I am neglecting our host, my dear Mr. Bellward.
From Okewood of the Secret Service by Valentine Williams
