disregard
verb (used with object)
to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore.
is disregarding
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present progressiveof disregard (3rd 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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“ByteDance is disregarding well-established copyright law that protects the rights of creators and underpins millions of American jobs,” the association said Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
“By launching a service that operates without meaningful safeguards against infringement, ByteDance is disregarding well-established copyright law that protects the rights of creators and underpins millions of American jobs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
Shanon Gray, attorney for the Goncalves family, said the university is disregarding families’ requests that the home be left standing until after Kohberger’s trial.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
There is that beautiful but cryptic clause that the majority is disregarding “law and facts alike.”
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2021
How, then, can the enemies of this measure be bare-faced enough to assert that it is disregarding their inalienable rights?
From The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning by William M. (William Makepeace) Thayer
