benign neglect
noun
: an attitude or policy of ignoring an often delicate or undesirable situation that one is held to be responsible for dealing with
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But Trump hardly started this country’s venerable tradition of treating our most important trading partner with complacent, benign neglect.
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Andrés Martinez, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
Unlike so many houses in the Pines—subjected to ocean air and storm surges, the benign neglect of absentee owners, and the downright negligence of seasonal renters—this one proved pristine.
—Andrew Sessa, Architectural Digest, 22 July 2024
Instead of offering benign neglect, the United States and its partners would do well to prepare for contingencies that might arise from Pakistan’s potential political and economic disarray.
—Husain Haqqani, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2022
The mayor started talking a lot during the week about how officers on his watch have been proactively engaging with people underground who appear severely mentally ill instead of leaving them in a state of supposedly benign neglect.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2024
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Andrés Martinez, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
Unlike so many houses in the Pines—subjected to ocean air and storm surges, the benign neglect of absentee owners, and the downright negligence of seasonal renters—this one proved pristine.
—Andrew Sessa, Architectural Digest, 22 July 2024
Instead of offering benign neglect, the United States and its partners would do well to prepare for contingencies that might arise from Pakistan’s potential political and economic disarray.
—Husain Haqqani, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2022
The mayor started talking a lot during the week about how officers on his watch have been proactively engaging with people underground who appear severely mentally ill instead of leaving them in a state of supposedly benign neglect.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Benign neglect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/benign%20neglect. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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