neglectful
Example Sentences
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Mr. Sparks portrayed a man reaching out to his long-estranged brother in the wake of the death of their neglectful mother.
The management company acted in an inappropriate and/or neglectful manner.
From MarketWatch
Maybe it’s because the abusive or neglectful patterns exemplified by their original caregivers or family dynamic conditioned them to have difficulty knowing what love actually looks, sounds, feels like.
From Los Angeles Times
It will be up to courts to determine whether state officials were actually neglectful.
From Los Angeles Times
A mental health trust that discharged a patient despite a "real and immediate risk to her life" was neglectful in its conduct, a coroner has said.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
