how to pronounce neglect

/nəɡˈlɛkt/

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neglect is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of neglect in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… arises when you neglect your mental …”

meaning of neglect

Neglect means to fail to take care of something or someone.

neglect frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word neglect occurs in english on average 7.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics neglect can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that neglect can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;