Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To pay no attention or heed to; ignore.
- transitive verb To show no evidence of attention concerning (something).
- transitive verb To treat without proper respect or attentiveness.
- noun Lack of thoughtful attention or due regard.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Failure to regard or notice; specifically, deliberate neglect of something considered unworthy of attention.
- To omit to regard or take notice of; overlook; specifically, to treat as unworthy of regard or notice.
- Synonyms Slight, etc. See
neglect , v. t.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight.
- transitive verb Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act or state of
deliberately not payingattention orcaring about;misregard . - verb To
ignore ;misregard .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb refuse to acknowledge
- noun willful lack of care and attention
- noun lack of attention and due care
- verb give little or no attention to
- verb bar from attention or consideration
Etymologies
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Examples
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In addition, the union had complained to Pansalb about what it termed disregard for multilingualism at Iscor, Telkom, Sasol, the
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Gunnery Sergeant when, on June 12, 1968, he took several actions in disregard of his personal safety in the midst of heavy enemy machine gun fire, summarized as follows in the certificate:
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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My take: clients who can afford a survey are probably well advised to have one; though the risk of disregard is high, the payoff is substantial.
Archive 2009-07-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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My take: clients who can afford a survey are probably well advised to have one; though the risk of disregard is high, the payoff is substantial.
Update to Barton Beebe's empirical study of TM Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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For five years that niece acted in disregard for her aunt's best interests and was eventually convicted of a felony theft.
The powers (of attorney) that be: What you need to know now Harvey S. Jacobs 2010
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That disregard is so widespread that many LGBT teens have had to turn to strangers for reassurance on It Gets Better.
Maureen Costello: Bullying is a Civil Rights Issue Maureen Costello 2010
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The high boundary walls, built in disregard of existing height regulations long before such rules were created, permitted a non-standard height along the northern boundary.
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For five years that niece acted in disregard for her aunt's best interests and was eventually convicted of a felony theft.
The powers (of attorney) that be: What you need to know now Harvey S. Jacobs 2010
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That disregard is so widespread that many LGBT teens have had to turn to strangers for reassurance on It Gets Better.
Maureen Costello: Bullying is a Civil Rights Issue Maureen Costello 2010
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For five years that niece acted in disregard for her aunt's best interests and was eventually convicted of a felony theft.
The powers (of attorney) that be: What you need to know now Harvey S. Jacobs 2010
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