neglected
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Synonyms for neglected
Synonyms
beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel), dumpy, grungy, mangy, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, ratty, run-down, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, sleazy, tacky, tatterdemalion, tatty, threadbare, timeworn, tumbledown
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One, a portrait by New Orleans painter Julien Hudson, opens a channel to a neglected vision of America. — Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, "On the walls at Harvard museums, calling out art’s racist, sexist history," 31 Aug. 2019 The cast is packed with youngsters, including the two actors who play the title role, a neglected little girl who eventually leads a rebellion against Trunchbull. — Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, "Villains are scene stealers in ‘Matilda,’ ‘Beauty and the Beast’," 18 July 2019 Readers watch Circe navigate a neglected childhood, bitter romances, years of isolation, and eventually a reckoning with her own power. — Sangeeta Singh-kurtz, Quartzy, "Picking a “destination novel” is the secret to great summer reading," 4 July 2019 He’s been building bridges locally, repairing old, neglected roads. — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, "Why Mel Tucker’s football recruiting at CU feels “entirely different” for in-state coaches," 30 June 2019 Summer sports such as pickleball, golf, swimming and tennis rely heavily on one of the most neglected movement patterns: rotation. — Ashley B. Greenblatt, https://www.inquirer.com, "4 exercises to prevent summer sports injuries," 4 June 2019 The Maldives’ new government wants to boost lower-end tourism to unlock development across the Indian Ocean nation, where most residents live on neglected islands. — Niharika Mandhana, WSJ, "Maldives, a Destination for the 1%, Chases the Backpacker Buck," 10 Feb. 2019 The plan is part of a broader government campaign to spread South Korea’s economic development, overwhelmingly concentrated in Seoul, to relatively neglected corners of the country. — Eun-young Jeong, WSJ, "Want to Oversee the World’s Third-Largest Pension Fund? There’s Just One Catch," 11 Sep. 2018 Officer Celeste Jaqueline Ayala was working guard duty at the Sor Maria Ludovica children’s hospital in Buenos Aires when a neglected baby was brought in. — Alexandra Deabler, Fox News, "Police officer praised for breastfeeding malnourished baby while on duty at hospital," 20 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'neglected.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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neglected
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