Neglectful
Pronunciation of Neglectful
/nɪɡlˈɛktfə͡l/, /nɪɡlˈɛktfəl/, /n_ɪ_ɡ_l_ˈɛ_k_t_f_əl/
Antonyms for neglectful:
alert, heedful, strict, diligent, guarded, meticulous, circumspect, vigilant, cautious, painstaking, careful, wary, rigid, gingerly, chary.
Synonyms for neglectful:
Sense 1
spaced-out, inattention, distant, abstracted, detachment, faraway, mindless, negligence, preoccupied, heedless, vaguely, dreamily, absently.
Sense 2
Sense 3
Sense 5
slack.
heedless
indolent
lazy.
Other synonyms and related words:
lazy, distant, tumble-down, mindless, preoccupied, Neglecting, inattention, neglect, neglectful of, abstracted, heedless, broken-down, slack, spaced-out, absently, lax, regardless, overdue, deserted, woebegone, delinquent, vaguely, dreamily, unprotective.
all (adjective)
blind (adjective)
delinquent (adjective)
forgetful (adjective)
preoccupied, sloppy, abstracted.
heedless (adjective)
reckless, slapdash, inadvertent.
inattentive (adjective)
lax (adjective)
neglectful (adjective)
lazy, slovenly, careless, thoughtless, inattentive, haphazard, remiss, forgetful, lax, reckless, clumsy, sloppy, regardless, unheedful, Disregardful, shoddy, negligent, delinquent, bumbling, derelict, perfunctory, inadvertent, slipshod, senile, hit-and-miss, unmindful, slack, slapdash, inconsiderate, heedless.
non-compliant (adjective)
Transgressive, non-compliant, disobedient.
slovenly (adjective)
messy, squalid, dirty, careless, sloppy, disheveled, unkempt, slovenly, shabby.
thoughtless (adjective)
Sense 1 (noun)
distant, preoccupied, abstracted, spaced-out.
heedless (noun)
lazy.
neglectful (noun)
delinquent, unprotective, inattentive, neglectful of, remiss, derelict, negligent.
Usage examples for neglectful:
- She began by saying that he had been thoughtless and neglectful, that he ought to have managed somehow to get a letter through to her as soon as Millicent appeared on the scene. - "There was a King in Egypt", Norma Lorimer.
- As Mr. Luff was not neglectful of his duty, it was not long before the Coquette approached her boats. - "The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas", James Fenimore Cooper.
- How neglectful of you to know nothing!" - "Banked Fires", E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi.