be neglected

Example Sentences

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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

More to the point, could these or any other L.A. rarities turn out to be neglected masterpieces?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

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

"These communication needs cannot be replaced by hospital staff when they are admitted to hospital, and their carers cannot stop caring. If they do their needs will likely be neglected."

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2022

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