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What is another word for neglected?

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Adjective
Disregarded, not receiving any proper attention
“This neglected issue can only benefit from vigorous debate.”
Adjective
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.”
Adjective
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.”
Adjective
Displaying severe degradation due to lack of care or attention
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“It had obviously lain neglected and derelict for some time before the present occupiers arrived, and there's clearly still some work to do.”
Adjective
(of a garden) 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.”
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Barren or deserted
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“Turning a bare and neglected landscape into a clean and well-kept one were important functional and aesthetic goals.”
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Having been subjected to oppression
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Not noticed or dealt with
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Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others
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Which has not been lauded or appreciated
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Not done or completed
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Pining away or longing for something, typically from lovesickness
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Not answered or responded to
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(of time or an opportunity) Not used advantageously
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(of farmland) Plowed and harrowed, but left for a period without being sown
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Not addressed, tabled, or explained
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Not fashionable or popular at a particular time
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Lacking in order or neatness
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Out of practice in a skill or subject
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(of time or an opportunity) To have failed to take advantage of
Verb
Past tense for to fail to care for or pay attention to
“Sam would sometimes neglect his hygiene by failing to bathe or change into clean clothes.”
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