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neglector

neglector noun: one who or that which neglects.

Noun

neglector (plural neglectors)

  1. One who or that which neglects.
    • Specificly we must understand the disadvantaged nature of the position migrant, migrant child abuser and migrant child neglector within this network.1979, A Manual For: Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect Among Mexican-American Migrants, page 45
    • Stances which the state may adopt towards disabled employment are the pitiless spurner, the benign neglector, the economiser, the duty discarder, the meagre measurer, the tactics director, the positive player and the elite keeper.1982, Sally Tolliday, Physical handicap and employment discrimination, page 67

Forms of neglector

pluralneglectors

Questions about neglector

What does neglector mean?
Neglector means one who or that which neglects.
What part of speech is neglector?
Neglector is a noun.
What is the plural of neglector?
The plural of neglector is neglectors.

Words near neglector in the dictionary

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

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