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    neglectful

    US /nɪˈɡlekt.fəl/

    ・

    UK /nɪˈɡlekt.fəl/

    C1
    adj.AdjectiveNot giving enough care and attention to something or someone
    I'm sure my boss thinks I've been neglectful of my duties recently.

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    Empty Chair Therapy: Heal Your Past, Improve Your Future

    04:02Empty Chair Therapy: Heal Your Past, Improve Your Future
    • A client who has been wrestling with their feelings towards someone is gently requested to stop discussing them in the third person and is instead invited to face a chair and start talking to this bit of furniture as if it were, to all intents, the specific troubling person in their life, perhaps a long dead absent father, a neglectful mother or a traitorous so-called friend.

      A client who has been wrestling with their feelings towards someone is gently requested to stop discussing them in the third person and is instead invited to face a chair and start talking to this bit of furniture as if it were, to all intents, the specific troubling person in their life, perhaps a long dead absent father, a neglectful mother or a traitorous so-called friend.

    • A client who has been wrestling with their feelings towards someone is gently requested to stop discussing them in the third person and is instead invited to face a chair and start talking to this bit of furniture as if it were, to all intents, the specific troubling person in their life - perhaps a long-dead absent father, a neglectful mother, or a traitorous so-called friend.

      A client who has been wrestling with their feelings towards someone is gently requested to stop discussing them in the third person and is instead invited to face a chair and start talking to this bit of furniture as if it were, to all intents, the specific troubling person in their life - perhaps a long-dead absent father, a neglectful mother, or a traitorous so-called friend.

    B1

    8 Signs of An Abusive Parent

    04:458 Signs of An Abusive Parent
    • Not only do these substances distort the brain, but they're commonly associated with destructive and neglectful lifestyle choices.

      Not only do these substances distort the brain, but they're commonly associated with destructive and neglectful lifestyle choices.

    • and neglectful lifestyle choices.

      and neglectful lifestyle choices.

    B1

    Personality Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #34

    10:58Personality Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #34
    • but we now understand BPD as a complicated set of learned behaviors and emotional responses to traumatic or neglectful environments, particularly in childhood.

      but we now understand BPD as a complicated set of learned behaviors and emotional responses to traumatic or neglectful environments, particularly in childhood.

    • and emotional responses to traumatic or neglectful environments, particularly in childhood. In

      and emotional responses to traumatic or neglectful environments, particularly in childhood. In

    B2

    ‎2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius: World History #7

    12:12‎2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius: World History #7
    • but this doesn't mean that a son has the right to disrespect a neglectful father.

      but this doesn't mean that a son has the right to disrespect a neglectful father.

    • but this doesn't mean that a son has the right to disrespect a neglectful father.

      but this doesn't mean that a son has the right to disrespect a neglectful father.

    B1

    Top 20 Futurama Guest Stars Who Stole the Show

    19:09Top 20 Futurama Guest Stars Who Stole the Show
    • But what follows her arrival is a tragic tale about neglectful parents and the ways it affects the kids involved.

      But what follows her arrival is a tragic tale about neglectful parents and the ways it affects the kids involved.

    • But what follows her arrival is a tragic tale about neglectful parents and the ways it affects the kids involved.

      But what follows her arrival is a tragic tale about neglectful parents and the ways it affects the kids involved.

    B1

    5 Signs of Disorganized, Anxious or Avoidant Attachment

    13:405 Signs of Disorganized, Anxious or Avoidant Attachment
    • These are people who've experienced inconsistency and often chaotic, abusive, neglectful environments throughout their life, no matter how old they are.

      These are people who've experienced inconsistency and often chaotic, abusive, neglectful environments throughout their life, no matter how old they are.

    • These are people who've experienced inconsistency and often chaotic, abusive, neglectful environments throughout their life, no matter how old they are.

      These are people who've experienced inconsistency and often chaotic, abusive, neglectful environments throughout their life, no matter how old they are.

    B1

    Top 10 Worst Cartoon Characters

    19:01Top 10 Worst Cartoon Characters
    • Peter is just an unapologetically cruel, neglectful, and outright evil character.

      Peter is just an unapologetically cruel, neglectful, and outright evil character.

    • cruel, neglectful and outright evil character

      cruel, neglectful and outright evil character

    B2

    6 Love Experts Share Their Top Dating & Relationship Advice (Compilation Episode)

    32:306 Love Experts Share Their Top Dating & Relationship Advice (Compilation Episode)
    • We date our unfinished business too." So if you, let's say, earlier in your life you were around someone who was neglectful, somebody who drank too much, somebody who lost their temper, somebody who wasn't honest, somebody who wasn't reliable, we think when we're dating as adults, like, "I want the opposite of that.

      We date our unfinished business too." So if you, let's say, earlier in your life you were around someone who was neglectful, somebody who drank too much, somebody who lost their temper, somebody who wasn't honest, somebody who wasn't reliable, we think when we're dating as adults, like, "I want the opposite of that.

    • So if you, let's say earlier in your life you were around someone who, you know was neglectful, somebody who drank too much, somebody who lost their temper, somebody who Wasn't honest, somebody who wasn't reliable.

      So if you, let's say earlier in your life you were around someone who, you know was neglectful, somebody who drank too much, somebody who lost their temper, somebody who Wasn't honest, somebody who wasn't reliable.

    A2

    How Your Trauma Chooses Your Crush!

    07:11How Your Trauma Chooses Your Crush!
    • It explains why Joe often idealizes the woman he's attracted to by projecting a fantasy of the perfect, loving, nurturing, and redeeming woman, everything his neglectful mother was not.

      It explains why Joe often idealizes the woman he's attracted to by projecting a fantasy of the perfect, loving, nurturing, and redeeming woman, everything his neglectful mother was not.

    • redeeming woman, everything his neglectful mother was not.

      redeeming woman, everything his neglectful mother was not.

    B1

    The Horrors of Children

    04:13The Horrors of Children
    • come down to the fact that their parents were mean or neglectful.

      come down to the fact that their parents were mean or neglectful.

    A2