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Grammar : Adj

Spell : ni-glekt-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : nɪˈglɛkt fəl

Definition of neglectful

Origin : 1640s, from neglect + -ful. Related: Neglectfully; neglectfulness. Earlier in same sense was neglective (1610s).

adj careless, failing

Example sentences :

Really, Dan, it is extraordinary how neglectful of me that child can sometimes be.
Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold

Was there any human father who could be so callous, so neglectful, so cruel, as that?
Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine

I felt impatient and decided to give her a scolding for being so neglectful.
Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis

Mr. Soames, a man of experience, scented an intrigue and a neglectful husband.
Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer

Not only the siege orphans, but so many who have sick or neglectful mothers.
Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

And for that very reason they are often neglectful of the last but one.
Extract from : « What I Saw in America » by G. K. Chesterton

“If that is so it is rather a pity that she was recently so neglectful,” I said.
Extract from : « The Seven Secrets » by William Le Queux

But why are we all of us so neglectful of Inner cleanliness and so careful of Outer?
Extract from : « Intestinal Ills » by Alcinous Burton Jamison

Yet, what cares Tom for scolding or anything else, he who is so neglectful of duty?
Extract from : « The Royal Picture Alphabet » by Luke Limner

It was not only that the public was neglectful, unappreciative.
Extract from : « The History of "Punch" » by M. H. Spielmann

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