different between thoughtlessness vs neglect

English

Etymology

thoughtless +? -ness

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????tl?sn?s/, /????tl?sn?s/, /????tl?sn?s/
• (General American) enPR: thôt?l?s-n?s, thôt?l?s-n?s, thôt?l?s-n?s, IPA^(key): /???tl?sn?s/, /???tl?sn?s/, /???tl?sn?s/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: thät?l?s-n?s, thät?l?s-n?s, thät?l?s-n?s, IPA^(key): /???tl?sn?s/, /???tl?sn?s/, /???tl?sn?s/

Noun

thoughtlessness (uncountable)

1. disregard for other's feelings
2. heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions

Antonyms

• thoughtfulness

Translations

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