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
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
The play revolves around two modern-day brothers, Booth and Lincoln, whose fate may be determined by the names their profoundly neglectful parents saddled them with as a joke — a joke with an archetypal punchline.
From Los Angeles Times
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