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| 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 |
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