Neglectful
/nɪˈɡlɛkt.fəl/noun
Failing to give proper attention or care to someone or something.
Did you know?Neglect and negligent come from Latin neglegere, formed from neg- (“not”) + legere (“to pick up, gather, choose”), so the word originally meant the act of letting something go uncollected.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leǵ-
“to gather, collect, pick out”
Latin
Latin
legere
“to gather, pick up, choose, read”
Latin
Latin
neglegere
“to disregard, fail to notice, neglect”
Old French
OF
negliger
“to neglect, disregard”
Middle English
English
neglecten / neglect
“to disregard, fail to care for”
Modern English
English
neglectful
“showing neglect; not giving proper attention or care”