be neglected

Example Sentences

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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

They say inspections are being rushed with workers getting maybe a minute to check out each rail car and preventative maintenance may be neglected.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023

This does not matter too much, because gravity is such a weak force that its effects can usually be neglected when we are dealing with elementary particles or atoms.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking