## Meanings
1. To fail to look after someone or something properly.
2. To fail to do something, often because you forget or do not bother.
3. A failure to care for someone or something properly.

## Examples
- He neglected his garden, and soon it was full of weeds.
- She neglected to mention that she would be late.
- The old house had fallen into a state of neglect.

## Synonyms
- carelessness
- ignore
- negligence

## Antonyms
- care
- consider
- consideration
- mind
- notice
- reck
- regard

## Derived Forms
- hemineglect
- neglectability
- neglectable
- neglectably
- neglectee
- neglecter
- neglectful
- neglectfully
- neglectfulness
- neglection
- neglective
- neglectproof

## Related Forms
- negligee
- negligence
- negligent

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *leǵ-
- Root: neglecten
- Root: neglēctus

## Etymology
The verb is inherited from Middle English neglect, neclect, derived from Latin neglēctus, perfect passive participle of neglegō (“to make light of, disregard, not to pick up”), itself from nec (“not”) + legō (“to pick up, select”). The noun is from neglēctus (“neglect”). First attested in 1460, the noun in 1588.

## AI Etymology
Neglect the verb is inherited from Middle English neglect, neclect, derived from Latin neglēctus, perfect passive participle of neglegō (“to make light of, disregard, not to pick up”), itself from nec (“not”) + legō (“to pick up, select”). The noun is from neglēctus (“neglect”). First attested in 1460, the noun in 1588. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-, Middle English neglecten, and Latin neglēctus. Modern senses include to fail to look after someone or something properly and to fail to do something, often because you forget or do not bother. The wider word family includes derivatives such as hemineglect, neglectability, neglectable, neglectably, neglectee, and neglecter and related forms such as negligee, negligence, and negligent.

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