neglectful
adjective
characterized by neglect; disregardful; careless; negligent (often followed byof ).
neglectfulness
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a word derived from
neglectful.
Example Sentences
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But occasionally, the air is colored and salted by human complications, namely his neglectfulness as a husband and dad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
Does her submissiveness, or non-assertiveness, or craving for paternal or male affection even at the cost of her own dreams and desires, arise from the distance or the neglectfulness of her father?
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 28, 2015
More often the daughter of the business man is both the victim and the vampire of his own shortsighted neglectfulness.
From The Gorgeous Girl by Nalbro Bartley
Preaching was rare, partly from neglectfulness and partly because, in 1401, in order to prevent the spread of heresy, priests were forbidden to preach without a licence.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various
He took the money grumblingly, as if it was the least that could be offered as atonement for the neglectfulness of last Thursday; but he went home very happy.
From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by W. B. (William Babington) Maxwell
