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 that I am, I forgot to tell you before that you heard quite rightly about Mr. Thackeray's wife, who is ill so.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
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
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