be neglected

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It's feared now that with the US freeze on foreign aid affecting humanitarian projects worldwide, Haiti's needs will be neglected again.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025

Preventive measures and lifestyle counseling, in turn, may be neglected even though they promote health and well-being for everyone, whatever their body shape.

From Slate • May 13, 2024

Bening was overlooked seven years ago for “20th Century Women” and may be neglected again this year for her fierce turn as the egotistical, obsessively determined long-distance swimmer in “Nyad.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2024

One important and difficult goal cannot be neglected: investigating atrocities by all sides in the conflict and pursuing accountability for them.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2022

The old madame did not venture to say she was afraid they would be neglected during Léonce’s absence; she hardly ventured to think so.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin