{"_key":"7b23466b-1bfc-5e8d-b52b-cf6bd4d7f85f","definitions":[{"example":"Parents who neglect their children or expose them to harm should be jailed, the Health Minister says.","text":"to fail to give someone or something the attention or care they require","audio":"en-us/7b23466b-1bfc-5e8d-b52b-cf6bd4d7f85f/055a5b88-d9ba-5c6d-a05e-944598a9fb64.mp3"}],"dictionary":"en","fol":[{"name":"Health and Safety Law","url":"/dictionaries/en/health-and-safety-law"},{"name":"Criminal Law","url":"/dictionaries/en/criminal-law"},{"name":"Health Care Law","url":"/dictionaries/en/health-care-law"},{"name":"Family Law","url":"/dictionaries/en/family-law"}],"notes":[{"text":"neglect (noun)\r\nfailure to give someone or something the attention or care they require: Parents and legal guardians who fail to meet children's basic needs, including food, clothing, shelter, and medical treatment can be convicted of child neglect."}],"phrases":[{"text":"(f) \"Cause\" means (i) continued neglect by Executive of his employment duties (as reasonably determined by the Company's Board of Directors) after delivery of written notice thereof to Executive specifying with particularity the duties Executive has neglected."},{"text":"Delete the first two sentences of Subparagraph 2.4.1. and substitute the following in lieu thereof: If the Contractor defaults or neglects to carry out the work in accordance with the Contract Documents and ..."},{"text":"Should the Contractor neglect to prosecute the Work properly, or fail to perform any provision of the contract ..."},{"text":"His parents had neglected this aspect of his upbringing."},{"text":"The mother at no time neglected the child."},{"text":"Whether the men had truly neglected their duties is unknown."}],"pos":"verb","posSlug":"verb","slug":"neglect","term":"neglect","termAudio":"en-us/7b23466b-1bfc-5e8d-b52b-cf6bd4d7f85f/7781edde-05c8-5196-bbdf-5580b71e9ec5.mp3"}