neglective

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/nɪˈɡlɛktɪv/

adjective

Neglectful.

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Meanings

adjectiveneglective (comparative more neglective, superlative most neglective)

comparative more neglective · superlative most neglective

  1. archaicNeglectful.

    [I]t is a wonder they ſhould be ſo neglective of their own children.

    1639, Thomas Fuller, “The Common-wealth of the Mammalukes Described, Presenting Us with Many Unexampled Remarkables”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck, one of the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge [and sold by John Williams, London], →OCLC, book IV, page 202

Origin

From neglect + -ive.

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APA

neglective. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neglective

MLA

“neglective.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neglective. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neglective,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neglective.

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