Thesaurus / neglect
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In addition to facing neglect and abuse, Stewart lost her access to counseling because of the move, she said.
HER STEPFATHER ADMITTED TO SEXUALLY ABUSING HER. THAT WASN’T ENOUGH TO KEEP HER SAFE.BY NADIA SUSSMANSEPTEMBER 18, 2020PROPUBLICAThe result is an unconscionable neglect of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
WHY I SIGNED A LETTER TO IVANKA TRUMP URGING HER TO PROTECT HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORSJAKEMETHSEPTEMBER 2, 2020FORTUNEThese skills develop poorly in young kids who face trauma, such as physical abuse or neglect.
PUBERTY MAY REBOOT THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIORSESTHER LANDHUISAUGUST 27, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSInstead, state inspectors were told to focus on infection control and “immediate jeopardy” complaints linked to allegations of resident abuse, neglect or death.
CONFIRMED NURSING HOME COMPLAINTS PLUMMET DURING PANDEMICJARED WHITLOCKAUGUST 25, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOHer death was its own tragedy, a function of the medical neglect of the elderly that has become all too common in our nation.
DEPARTURE FROM CONVENTION—MOM, BASEBALL, THE POSTAL WORKER, AND PATRIOTISMJAKEMETHAUGUST 19, 2020FORTUNEI think that there has been neglect and laxity in the matter of not driving out the Japanese.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUS“Ill-usage” expresses the date of the death of Columbus in 1506, as he died in great neglect.
ASSIMILATIVE MEMORYMARCUS DWIGHT LARROWE (AKA PROF. A. LOISETTE)He could not complain of the neglect of mankind, or of the ingratitude of those he served.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThe position was irremediable; Tom's neglect and inefficiency were established beyond question.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODBut in spite of this the neglect rankled, and from that day he was no longer the blindly devoted follower of Napoleon.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONWORDS RELATED TO NEGLECT
- beat off
- brush off
- check
- chide
- cold-shoulder
- cross
- cut
- decline
- deny
- disallow
- discourage
- dismiss
- disregard
- fend off
- hold off
- ignore
- keep at a distance
- keep at arm's length
- keep at bay
- lash out at
- neglect
- not hear of
- oppose
- pass up
- push back
- put in one's place
- put off
- rebuke
- refuse
- reject
- repel
- reprove
- repudiate
- repulse
- resist
- send away
- slight
- snub
- spurn
- stave off
- tell off
- turn down
- ward off
- beating off
- brushing off
- checking
- chiding
- crossing
- cutting
- declining
- denying
- disallowing
- discouraging
- dismissing
- disregarding
- fending off
- holding off
- ignoring
- keeping at a distance
- keeping at arm's length
- keeping at bay
- lashing out at
- neglecting
- not hearing of
- opposing
- passing up
- pushing back
- putting in one's place
- putting off
- rebuking
- refusing
- rejecting
- repelling
- reproving
- repudiating
- repulsing
- resisting
- sending away
- slighting
- snubbing
- spurning
- staving off
- telling off
- turning down
- warding off
- bilk
- cold-shoulder
- cut
- decline
- despise
- disdain
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- get around
- give a wide berth
- give the runaround
- have no part of
- have nothing to do with
- hide out
- keep away from
- keep clear of
- neglect
- palm off
- pass up
- refuse
- reject
- scorn
- shake
- shake off
- shy
- snub
- stall
- stand aloof from
- stay shy of
- steer clear of
- turn back on
- bilks
- cold-shoulders
- cuts
- declines
- despises
- disdains
- ditches
- dodges
- doubles
- ducks
- eludes
- escapes
- eschews
- evades
- gets around
- gives a wide berth
- gives the runaround
- has no part of
- has nothing to does with
- hides out
- keeps away from
- keeps clear of
- neglects
- palms off
- passes up
- refuses
- rejects
- scorns
- shakes
- shakes off
- shies
- snubs
- stalls
- stands aloof from
- stays shy of
- steers clear of
- turns back on
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