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neglective

Syllables: ne·glect·ive/nɪˈɡlɛktɪv/

neglective adjective: neglectful.

Adjective

neglective (comparative more neglective, superlative most neglective)

  1. (archaic) Neglectful.
    • [I]t is a wonder they ſhould be ſo neglective of their own children.1639, Thomas Fuller, “The Common-wealth of the Mammalukes Described, Presenting Us with Many Unexampled Remarkables”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck...

Forms of neglective

comparativemore neglective
superlativemost neglective

Origin of neglective

From neglect + -ive.

Words formed from neglective

Questions about neglective

What does neglective mean?
Neglective means neglectful.
What part of speech is neglective?
Neglective is an adjective.
How do you pronounce neglective?
Neglective is pronounced /nɪˈɡlɛktɪv/.

Words near neglective in the dictionary

  1. neglectible
  2. neglecting
  3. neglectingly
  4. neglection
  5. neglections
  6. neglective
  7. neglectively
  8. neglector
  9. neglectors
  10. neglectproof
  11. neglects

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