Neglected

Examples

• For he never once, from the moment when I entreated him to be a friend to Richard, neglected or forgot his promise. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But I have an aunt, too, who must not be longer neglected. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The utilitarian principle is valuable as a corrective of error, and shows to us a side of ethics which is apt to be neglected. Plato. The Republic.
• Thus meditating to himself, he neglected to answer Miss Helstone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Beautiful records of such beginnings of science were among the neglected treasures of the rich men's libraries throughout the imperial domains. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Caddy told me that her lover's education had been so neglected that it was not always easy to read his notes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Nothing should be neglected which might be affected by such an issue. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But being neglected by Sweden, it was soon swallowed up by the Dutch colony of New York, which again, in 1674, fell under the dominion of the English. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• She would not permit the gardens to be neglected, nor the very flowers in the cottage lattices to droop from want of care. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• From Thomasin's words and manner he had plainly gathered that Wildeve neglected her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I say, how soon at the appearance of these grand court cards, did those poor little neglected deuces sink down to the bottom of the pack. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Yes, he said; if he is like God he will surely not be neglected by him. Plato. The Republic.
• Oh, I haven't neglected the useful for the ornamental, I assure you. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• One by one, her brothers and sister died; and her mother, with the exception of her neglected daughter, was left childless. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• We started to collect some bills; but we found that our books were kept badly, and that the person in charge, who was no business man, had neglected that part of it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Cotton, and speculations, and smoke, well-cleansed and well-cared-for machinery, and unwashed and neglected hands. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Let us turn to the curates--to the much-loved, though long-neglected. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Climbing to a high chamber in a well of houses, he threw himself down in his clothes on a neglected bed, and its pillow was wet with wasted tears. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Neither of them can be neglected in our attitude towards the state. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Sir Percival merely answered by upbraiding his friend with having unjustifiably slighted his wishes and neglected his interests all through the day. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Did I not say you neglected essential points to pursue trifles? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I hope you won't think yourself neglected, Drusilla, she said. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Thus educated, they will invent for themselves any lesser rules which their predecessors have altogether neglected. Plato. The Republic.
• But, in spite of such little skirmishes it is felt that this was to be a wondering dinner, and that the wondering must not be neglected. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You must pardon me, if I regard any interruption in your correspondence as a proof that your other duties are equally neglected. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• But when Mr. Bhaer came, Jo neglected her playfellows, and dismay and desolation fell upon their little souls. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• We used to be faithful about it, but since Father went away and all this war trouble unsettled us, we have neglected many things. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Under such an administration therefore, such works are almost always entirely neglected. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• She smiled, said nothing, and with Hannah's help did their neglected work, keeping home pleasant and the domestic machinery running smoothly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• For some centuries the Turkish Empire and Central Asia and China are relatively neglected by the limelight of the European historian. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

Editor: Maggie