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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Neglect \Neg*lect"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Neglected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Neglecting}.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. being, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf. Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See {No}, adverb, {Legend}, {Who}.]
1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to allow to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.
I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs. --Shak.
This, my long suffering and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton.
2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.
Syn: To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See {Slight}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
neglected
adjective
1: disregarded; "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, 'A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice" [syn: {ignored}, {unheeded}]
2: lacking a caretaker; "a neglected child"; "many casualties were lying unattended" [syn: {unattended}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "neglected": abandoned, deserted, disregarded, forgotten, half-done, ignored, ill-requited, ill-rewarded, laid aside, left undone, missed, omitted, overlooked, passed by, passed over, passed up, pigeonholed, put aside, run-down, shunted, sidelined, sidetracked, slighted, unaccomplished, unachieved, unacknowledged, unasked, unattained, unattended to, uncared-for, unchaperoned, uncompleted, unconsidered, unconsummated, uncredited, undischarged, undone, unexecuted, unfairly neglected, unfinished, unfulfilled, unheeded, unperformed, unrealized, unrecognized, unregarded, unrequited, unrewarded, unsolicited, untended, unthanked, unwatched
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