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What is the adjective for neglected?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb neglect which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

negligent
  1. Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.
  2. (law) Culpable due to negligence.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Contrary to popular belief, only a tiny proportion of medically negligent acts have resulted in litigation.”
      “Since then, many wasted costs orders have been made as a result of the negligent conduct of legal proceedings.”
      “The first question is whether, at the time of the negligent act or omission, a judicial process existed.”
negligible
  1. Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Managers are convinced that the strike will have a negligible effect.”
      “In this case, all columns are identified, and there is a negligible chance that there is an error due to a typo.”
      “Some examples of normal wear and tear include minor scuffs or scratches on walls or floors and negligible stains on carpets.”
neglectable
neglectful
  1. Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I suspect that the neglectful ruination of Havana has served a profoundly ideological purpose.”
      “It was also callous, slapdash and neglectful of the interests of less secure and well paid workers.”
      “In our enchantment we are too often neglectful of that which made purchasing and consumption possible, namely, credit.”
neglectfull
  1. Archaic form of neglectful.
neglected
  1. Suffering from neglect.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “This neglected issue can only benefit from vigorous debate.”
      “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.”
      “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.”
neglective
  1. (archaic) neglectful
neglecting
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