Meaning of DISREGARD
| Pronunciation: | | `disri'gârd
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- [n] willful lack of care and attention
- [n] lack of attention and due care
- [v] give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"
- [v] bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"
- [v] refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
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| | Synonyms: | | brush aside, brush off, cut, discount, dismiss, ignore, ignore, neglect, neglect, neglect, push aside, snub |
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| | See Also: | | cold-shoulder, despite, discredit, disoblige, do by, flout, handle, inattention, laugh away, laugh off, mistreatment, omission, pass off, pretermit, reject, scoff, slight, treat, turn a blind eye | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Dis`re*gard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disregarded}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Disregarding}.]
Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of;
to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or
notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience.
Studious of good, man disregarded fame. --Blackmore.
\Dis`re*gard"\, n.
The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded;
intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention;
slight.
The disregard of experience. --Whewell.
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