neglectful
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She blames me for her poor relationship with her son and grandchildren, without considering that her aggressive, demanding and neglectful behavior may have pushed them away.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
To connect maternal regret with unloving and neglectful parenting is a careless assumption, according to Israeli sociologist Orna Donath, author of Regretting Motherhood: A Study.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
An important study from Australia found that in the last few decades we have really lowered the threshold to what is labeled harmful, abusive, traumatizing and neglectful behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
"Women are raised in a different way," DeGeneres says, before sharing a personal moment about growing up in a neglectful home, and having OCD and ADD.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2024
Mantell was a lanky assemblage of shortcomings–he was vain, self-absorbed, priggish, neglectful of his family–but never was there a more devoted amateur paleontologist.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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