0 present participle of neglect
1 to not give enough care or attention to people or things that are your responsibility:
She's been neglecting the housework.
The government is neglecting its duty to protect the vulnerable.
He was prosecuted for neglecting his animals.
For example, the disadvantages of neglecting functional analyses in pattern identification (discussed previously) are not lost sight of (177).
The empress, of course, had to make her support fully palpable, but she did this even in times of war, while not neglecting certain economies.
After long neglecting issues of citizen security and justice, democratisation theorists have recently begun to recognise the importance of the rule of law.