neglecting

Example Sentences

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Neglecting care now, he said, “is going to cost everybody more money in the long run.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025

"Neglecting it is essentially leaving money on the table."

From Reuters • Nov. 8, 2023

"Neglecting these communities, their inherent strength of mining identity and unity, could lead to social and economic instability, potentially affecting the overall national energy infrastructure."

From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023

Neglecting to underpin it with laws and regulations that maximize hemp's potential could yield devastating consequences for farmers, small businesses and consumers.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2023

Neglecting the new shipments delivered to the storage room, she began hounding us for recipes, for vermicelli pudding and papaya stew, and inscribed them in crooked letters in the pages of her inventory ledger.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri