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Superlative for disregarded, not receiving any proper attention
“This neglected issue can only benefit from vigorous debate.”
Superlative for having been abandoned or forsaken
“It is a suit of mourning, that lies neglected at the bottom of the chest, and only shows itself now and then upon melancholy occasions.”
Superlative for not receiving love or affection
“Previous retrospective assessments in younger samples of childhood victimization and neglect have found that neglected boys and girls were at higher risk for arrests for violent crimes.”
Superlative for displaying severe degradation due to lack of care or attention
“It had obviously lain neglected and derelict for some time before the present occupiers arrived, and there's clearly still some work to do.”
(of a garden) Superlative for overrun with weeds due to lack of care or attention
“You can make a difference now by finding a piece of land that needs some lovin', maybe a vacant lot, or perhaps your elderly neighbor's neglected garden.”
Superlative for barren or deserted
“Turning a bare and neglected landscape into a clean and well-kept one were important functional and aesthetic goals.”
Superlative for having been subjected to oppression
Superlative for deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others
Superlative for which has not been lauded or appreciated
Superlative for not done or completed
Superlative for pining away or longing for something, typically from lovesickness
Superlative for not answered or responded to
(of time or an opportunity) Superlative for not used advantageously
(of farmland) Superlative for plowed and harrowed, but left for a period without being sown
Superlative for not fashionable or popular at a particular time
Superlative for lacking in order or neatness
Superlative for out of practice in a skill or subject
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