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neglecting

verb
  1. To fail to care for or attend to something.

    "to neglect duty or business;  to neglect to pay debts"

  2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.

    "to neglect strangers"

  3. To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.

Synonymslet slide, fail, forget, disregard, take no notice of
Antonymscare, mind, reck, consider, notice, regard

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