neglectful
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Neglectful parenting abounds; one heiress supposedly admires three little girls minded by a nanny, in Hyde Park — not realizing they’re her own children.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2022
Neglectful draft noodling has both held Wilson back and depleted the once-mighty Seahawks defense.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2020
What is the balance between Helicopter and Neglectful?
From Slate • Oct. 18, 2018
Neglectful, as a private person, forbear to be too solicitous lest the community in any wise suffer, and joyfully seize the boons of the present hour, and quit serious affairs.
From The Works of Horace by Horace
Neglectful of his personal safety, he plunged out into the traffic, dodging this way and that, and making after Monte Irvin's car.
From Dope by Rohmer, Sax
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