disregard

[ dis-ri-gahrd ]

verb (used with object)

1. to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore:

   Disregard the footnotes.

   Synonyms: ignore

   Antonyms: notice

2. to treat without due regard, respect, or attentiveness; slight:

   to disregard an invitation.

   Synonyms: insult

noun

1. lack of regard or attention; neglect.

   Synonyms: oversight, inattention

2. lack of due or respectful regard.

   Synonyms: slight, disrespect

disregard

/ ˌdɪsrɪˈɡɑːd /

verb

1. to give little or no attention to; ignore
2. to treat as unworthy of consideration or respect

noun

1. lack of attention or respect
2. 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

• ˌdisreˈgardful, adjective
• ˌdisreˈgarder, noun
• ˌdisreˈgardfully, adverb
• ˌdisreˈgardfulness, noun

Other Words From

• disre·garda·ble adjective
• disre·garder noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disregard¹

First recorded in 1635–45; dis- ¹ + regard

Synonym Study

See slight.

Example Sentences

What is clear at this point is that the blatant disregard shown for the rules and purpose of anti-doping regulations in this case has harmed clean athletes and gone further to erode confidence in the international anti-doping construct.

From Washington Post

There seems to be little consequence to carrying on business in disregard for the law.

From ProPublica

He had said Liddle’s actions “showed a willful and wanton disregard for the safety of others.”

From ProPublica

The clear theme of the RNC was a flagrant and brutal disregard for the truth.

From Vox

The protests now sweeping cities across the US and in other countries have seen a similar disregard for social distancing.

From No Straight News

There seems to be a proactive disregard for knowing or caring about their lives and plight.

From The Daily Beast

Reactions to both events are driven by ignorance, disregard, and dehumanization of an underclass of people of color.

From The Daily Beast

So, why do we still crush on Jeter when it's easy to disregard him as the Adam Levine of the MLB?

From The Daily Beast

It radiates her inner light and compass, her disregard for status quo.

From The Daily Beast

DHS has demonstrated a continuing disregard for the civil and human rights of unaccompanied immigrant children.

From The Daily Beast

We can thus disregard the first 16 and consider only the last two figures which constitute the fraction of a century.

From Project Gutenberg

Should he disregard the placards directing him to keep to the right or to the left of the track, he is almost certainly shot.

From Project Gutenberg

The exercise is inculcated in threatenings of Divine judgment uttered against such as disregard it.

From Project Gutenberg

A disregard for these obligations in one case having been followed by punishment, they must have been complete.

From Project Gutenberg

It was thronged with motorists who generally dashed along in sublime disregard of the speed limits.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• disobey
• forget
• neglect
• omit
• overlook