negligence; omission, oversight, laches [Law], default; supineness &c
(inactivity) 683; inattention &c 458; nonchalance &c (insensibility)
823; imprudence, recklessness &c 863; slovenliness &c (disorder) 59,
(dirt) 653; improvidence &c 674; noncompletion &c 730; inexactness &c
(error) 495.
paralipsis, paralepsis, paraleipsis (in rhetoric).
trifler, waiter on Providence; Micawber.
V. be negligent &c adj.; take no care of &c (take care of) &c 459;
neglect; let slip, let go; lay aside, set aside, cst aside, put aside;
keep out of sight, put out of sight; lose sight of.
overlook, disregard; pass over, pas by; let pass; blink; wink at,
connive at; gloss over; take no note of, take no thought of, take no
account of, take no notice of; pay no regard to; laisser aller [Fr.].
scamp; trifle, fribble†; do by halves; cut; slight &c (despise)
930; play with, trifle with; slur, skim, skim the surface; effleurer
[Fr.]; take a cursory view of &c 457.
slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over; pretermit†, miss, skip,
jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink;
table [Parl.]; ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf
ear to; leave out of one's calculation; not attend to &c 457, not mind;
not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble
oneself with; forget &c 506; be caught napping &c (not expect) 508;
leave a loose thread; let the grass grow under one's feet.
render neglectful &c adj.; put off one's guard, throw off one's
guard; distract, divert.
Adj. neglecting &c v.; unmindful, negligent, neglectful; heedless,
careless, thoughtless; perfunctory, remiss; feebleness &c 575.
inconsiderate; uncircumspect†, incircumspect†; off one's guard;
unwary, unwatchful†, unguarded; offhand.
supine &c (inactive) 683; inattentive &c 458; insouciant &c
(indifferent) 823; imprudent, reckless &c 863; slovenly &c (disorderly)
59, (dirty) 653; inexact &c (erroneous) 495; improvident &c 674.
neglected &c v.; unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen,
unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted†, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of,
unregarded†, unremarked, unmissed†; shunted, shelved.
unexamined, unstudied, unsearched†, unscanned†, unweighed†,
unsifted, unexplored.
abandoned; buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel.
Adv. negligently &c adj.; hand over head, anyhow; in an unguarded
moment &c (unexpectedly) 508; per incuriam [Lat.].
Int. never mind, no matter, let it pass.
Phr. out of sight, out of mind.