disregard
Syllables: dis·re·gard/dɪsɹɪˈɡɑːd/US/dɪsɹɪˈɡɑɹd/
disregard noun: the act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about something.
Noun
disregard (usually uncountable, plural disregards)
- The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about something.
- The government's blithe disregard for the needs of disabled people is outrageous.
- The guard was paying no attention whatever to the running of his train, in total disregard of rules, and, as the recently-published report of a Ministry of Transport Inspecting Officer of Railways shows, there were other disquieting features in the case, such as ignorance on the part of responsible...1956 September, “Notes and News: The Barby Sidings Accident Report”, in Railway Magazine, page 638
Verb
disregard (third-person singular simple present disregards, present participle disregarding, simple past and past participle disregarded)
- To ignore; to pay no attention to.
- If you break the law, they will send you a letter. You disregard that they will send someone with a suit to your house. If you disregard Suit-Boy, you will be sent a subpoena. You disregard that they will send men with guns and dogs to your house.2012, Augusto Vieira, How to Build a New Government: A Guide for the Coming Revolution, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 15
- Half of the mock jurors that were told he had insurance were told to disregard that information. Mock jurors who were instructed to disregard the information awarded the defendant more money than participants who did not know the defendant had insurance, or knew that he had insurance but were not...2013, Jonathan M. Golding, Colin M. MacLeod, Intentional Forgetting: Interdisciplinary Approaches, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 61
disregard meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
disregard in Hindi
- not paying attention or caring about
- अवहेलना avhelnā
- to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
- अवमानना avmānnā
disregard in Tamil
- புறக்கணி, மதிப்பின்மை, மதிப்புக் கேடு, மதியாதிரு, பாராமுகம்
disregard in Urdu
- عدم توجہی, غنا, غفلت کرنا, نظر انداز کرنا, پتلی پھیر لینا, طرح دینا
disregard in Bengali
- disregard, neglect
- ইহানত ihanot
More languagesFewer languages
- disregard in Telugu
- అగౌరవము agauravamu, ఉల్లంఘించు ullaṅghiñcu, ఉపేక్షించు upēkṣiñcu, కన్నడ kannaḍa
- disregard in Malayalam
- അവഗണന avagaṇana, അവഗണിക്കുക avagaṇikkuka, തള്ളിക്കളയുക taḷḷikkaḷayuka
- disregard in Kannada
- ಕೀಟು, ಪಳಿವು, ಉಪೇಕ್ಷೆ, ಅನಾದರ
- disregard in Odia
- ପରା parā, କାଟିବା kāṭibā, ଲଙ୍ଘିବା laṅghibā
- disregard in Sanskrit
- मृष् mṛṣ, हिण्ड् hiṇḍ, हा hā
- disregard in Nepali
- अवहेलना
- disregard in Arabic
- إِهْمال ʔihmāl
Examples of disregard in a sentence
- The Trump administration’s disregard for due process has been a pattern in the legal disputes over his immigration policies.2025 April 8, John Fritze, “Supreme Court ruling on Alien Enemies Act raises new due process concerns for migrants”, in CNN:
- Half of the mock jurors that were told he had insurance were told to disregard that information.2013, Jonathan M. Golding, Colin M. MacLeod, Intentional Forgetting: Interdisciplinary Approaches, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 61:
Synonyms of disregard
Forms of disregard
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | disregards |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | disregards |
| present participle | disregarding |
| past participle | disregarded |
| past | disregarded |
Origin of disregard
From dis- + regard. Compare misregard.
Words formed from disregard
Words that rhyme with disregard
Questions about disregard
- What does disregard mean?
- Disregard means the act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about something.
- What is disregard in Hindi?
- Disregard in Hindi is अवहेलना (avhelnā), अवमानना (avmānnā). See Disregard meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use disregard in a sentence?
- The Trump administration’s disregard for due process has been a pattern in the legal disputes over his immigration policies.
- What part of speech is disregard?
- Disregard can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce disregard?
- Disregard is pronounced /dɪsɹɪˈɡɑːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of disregard?
- The plural of disregard is disregards.
Words near disregard in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disregard (page history and authors); disregard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disregard (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ইহানত (Bengali) (page history and authors); అగౌరవము (Telugu) (page history and authors); അവഗണന (Malayalam) (page history and authors); disregard (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); କାଟିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); मृष् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); disregard (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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