different between neglect vs unlove

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin negl?ctus, perfect passive participle of negleg? (“make light of, disregard, not to pick up”), a variant of necleg?, itself from nec (“not”) + leg? (“pick up, select”). Recorded since 1529, as noun since 1588.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n???l?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

neglect (third-person singular simple present neglects, present participle neglecting, simple past and past participle neglected)

1. (transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
2. (transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.

3. (transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.

Synonyms

• (fail to care for): let slide
• (to omit to notice): disregard, take no notice of; see also Thesaurus:ignore
• (failure due to carelessness): fail, forget

Antonyms

• (fail to care for): care, mind, reck; see also Thesaurus:care
• (to omit to notice): consider, notice, regard; see also Thesaurus:pay attention

Derived terms

Related terms

• negligee
• negligent
• negligence

Translations

Noun

neglect (countable and uncountable, plural neglects)

1. The act of neglecting.
2. The state of being neglected.
3. Habitual lack of care.

Synonyms

• carelessness
• negligence

Antonyms

• consideration
• notice
• regard

Translations

English

Etymology 1

From un- (“not; lack of”) +? love (noun).

Noun

unlove (uncountable)

1. The lack, absence, or omission of love; lovelessness; enmity; neglect; hate.
   • 2005, David Deida, Blue Truth:

     Disgust, nausea, loathing—some aspects of yourself and others surely deserve such abhorrent gut responses. But disgust doesn't create suffering— recoil does. Separation is the act of unlove.

   • 2007, John Welwood, Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships:

     How do you experience this sense of unlove in your body? Notice the specific quality of the bodily ... Then see if you can let the feeling of unlove be there just as it is, without trying to fix it, change it, or judge it.

   • 2011, Christopher Uhl, Teaching as if Life Matters:

     All the most intractable problems in human relationships can be traced back to “the mood of unlove,” a deep-seated suspicion most of us harbor ... The mood of unlove that Wellwood describes is pervasive in our culture.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English unloven, equivalent to un- (reversal prefix) +? love (verb).

Verb

unlove (third-person singular simple present unloves, present participle unloving, simple past and past participle unloved)

1. (transitive) To lose one's love (for someone or something).

Translations

See also

• disenamour, fall out of love
• love, enamour, fall in love