different between neglectful vs oblivious

English

Alternative forms

• neglectfull (archaic)

Etymology

From neglect +? -ful.

Adjective

neglectful (comparative more neglectful, superlative most neglectful)

1. Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention.
   • 1891, Rudyard Kipling, "The Finest Story in the World":

     The Fates that are so careful to shut the doors of each successive life behind us had, in this case, been neglectful, and Charlie was looking, though that he did not know, where never man had been permitted to look with full knowledge since Time began.

   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 243a-b,

     That they were too neglectful of ordinary people like us and overlooked us.

Derived terms

• neglectfully
• neglectfulness

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English oblivious, from Latin obliviosus (“forgetful, oblivious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??bl?v.i.?s/, /??bl?.vi.?s/

Adjective

oblivious (comparative more oblivious, superlative most oblivious)

1. (usually followed by to or of) Lacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of.
2. Failing to remember; forgetful.

Derived terms

• obliviously
• obliviousness

Related terms

• oblivion
• oblivious transfer

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• oblyvyous, oblivyows

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obliviosus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?livius/, /?b?li?vius/

Adjective

oblivious

1. (Late Middle English, rare) forgetful

Related terms

• oblivion

Descendants

• English: oblivious

References

• “obl?vi?us, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.