The meaning of NEGLECTED is not given proper or necessary care or attention. How to use neglected in a sentence.
Definition of neglected adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define neglected. neglected synonyms, neglected pronunciation, neglected translation, English dictionary definition of neglected. tr.v. ne glect ed , ne glect ing , ne glects 1. To pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard: neglected their warnings. 2. To fail to care for...
NEGLECTED definition: 1. not receiving enough care or attention: 2. not receiving enough care or attention: . Learn more.
If you are neglected, no one gives you the care or attention you need, like when you felt neglected on your birthday because everyone was so caught up preparing for your sister's wedding.
neglect /nɪˈɡlɛkt/ vb (transitive) to fail to give due care, attention, or time to: to neglect a child to fail (to do something) through thoughtlessness or carelessness: he neglected to tell her to ignore or disregard: she neglected his frantic signals n lack of due care or attention; negligence: the child starved through neglect the act or an instance of neglecting or the state of being ...
neglected children a sadly neglected garden His wife felt neglected. [=she felt unhappy because she wanted him to pay more attention to her]
According to Jeff Miller's Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics, the term kernel was first used in this meaning by Pontryagin (in translation by Lehmer) in the slightly broader context of group homomorphisms. It doesn't say why Pontryagin or Lehmer chose that particular word though.