neglectful

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

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neglectful (nɪˈɡlɛktfʊl)

—*adj* (when postpositive, foll by of)
	not giving due care and attention (to); careless; heedless

ne'glectfully

—*adv*

ne'glectfulness

—n

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Example sentences

When she speaks to her neglectful sons in their father's absence, it is with a

fury that scorches.

Communities must develop strategies to prevent abusive and neglectful patterns

from occurring to begin with.

In the neglectful care of such tricksters, a snake's prospects for health are

not good.

It's not a neglectful life, but not an overprotective one either.

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"A sweet disorder in the dress
Kindles in clothes a wantonness:
A lawn about the shoulders thrown
Into a fine distraction:
An erring lace, which here and there
Enthralls the crimson stomacher:
A cuff neglectful, and thereby
Ribbands to flow confusedly:
A winning wave (deserving note)
In the tempestuous petticoat:
A careless shoestring, in whose tie
I see a wild civility:
Do more bewitch me than when art
Is too precise in every part."

-Robert Herrick