Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (I) Formation of Ideas
Section II. Precursory Conditions and Operations

460. Neglect.

   NOUN:NEGLECT; carelessness &c. adj.; trifling &c. v.; negligence; omission, laches [obs.], deferment, procrastination, default; supineness (inactivity) [See Inactivity]; conspiracy of silence; inattention [See Inattention]; nonchalance (insensibility) [See Insensibility]; imprudence, recklessness [See Rashness]; slovenliness (disorder) [See Disorder], (dirt) [See Uncleanness]; improvidence [See Nonpreparation]; noncompletion [See Noncompletion]; inexactness (error) [See Error].
  PARALEIPSIS or paralipsis [rhet.].
  TRIFLER, waiter on Providence; Micawber; waster [colloq.], wastrel [dial. Eng.], drifter [colloq.], bum [slang, U. S.], hobo [U. S.], tramp, Knight of the Road [humorous], down-and-outer [colloq.], dead one [slang], stiff [slang], roustabout [U. S.], sundowner [Australia]; slacker.
   VERB:BE NEGLIGENT &c. adj.; take no care of &c. (take care of [See Care]); neglect; let slip, let go; lay -, set -, cast -, put- aside; keep -, leave- out of sight; lose sight of.
  DELAY, defer, procrastinate, postpone, adjourn, pigeonhole, tie up with red tape, shelve, stay, suspend, table, lay on the table.
  OVERLOOK, disregard; pass over, pass by; let pass; blink; wink at, connive at; gloss over; take no -note, – notice, – thought, – account- of; pay no regard to; laisser aller [F.].
  SCAMP; trifle, fribble; do by halves; slight (despise) [See Contempt]; play with, trifle with; slur; skimp [dial. & colloq.]; skim, – the surface; effleurer [F.]; take a cursory view of [See Attention]; slur -, slip -, skip -, jump- over; pretermit, miss, skip, jump, cut [colloq.], omit, give the go-by to [slang], push aside, throw into the background, sink.
  IGNORE, refuse to notice, shut one’s eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to, leave out of one’s calculation; not attend to [See Attention], not mind; not trouble -oneself, – one’s head- -with, – about; forget [See Oblivion].
  BE CAUGHT NAPPING (not expect) [See Inexpectation]; leave a loose thread; let the grass grow under one’s feet.
  RENDER NEGLECTFUL &c. adj.; put or throw off one’s guard.
   ADJECTIVE:NEGLECTING &c. v.; unmindful, negligent, neglectful; heedless, careless, thoughtless, inconsiderate; perfunctory, remiss.
  UNWARY, unwatchful, unguarded, incircumspect [rare], uncircumspect, off one’s guard, offhand.
  SUPINE (inactive) [See Inactivity]; inattentive [See Inattention]; insouciant (indifferent) [See Insensibility]; imprudent, reckless [See Rashness]; slovenly (disorderly) [See Disorder], (dirty) [See Uncleanness]; inexact (erroneous) [See Error]; improvident [See Nonpreparation].
  NEGLECTED &c. v.; unheeded, uncared for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded, unremarked, unmissed; shunted, shelved.
  UNEXAMINED, unstudied, unsearched, unscanned, unweighed, unsifted, unexplored.
  ABANDONED; buried in a napkin; hid under a bushel.
   ADVERB:NEGLIGENTLY &c. adj.; hand over head [obs.], in any old way [colloq.], anyhow; in an unguarded moment (unexpectedly) [See Inexpectation]; per incuriam [L.]; when the cat is away.
   INTERJECTION:NEVER MIND, no matter, let it pass; it will be all the same a hundred years hence; mañana [Sp.].    QUOTATION:Procrastination is the thief of time.—Young