Associations to the word «Neglected»

Wiktionary

NEGLECTED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of neglect
NEGLECTED, adjective. Suffering from neglect.

Dictionary definition

NEGLECTED, adjective. Disregarded; "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice".
NEGLECTED, adjective. Lacking a caretaker; "a neglected child"; "many casualties were lying unattended".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats