"neglecting" in the verb sense
1. neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
leave undone or leave out
"How could I miss that typo?"
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
2. fail, neglect
fail to do something leave something undone
"She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"
"The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
3. neglect
fail to attend to
"he neglects his children"
4. neglect, ignore, disregard
give little or no attention to
"Disregard the errors"
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