How to Use neglectful in a Sentence

neglectful

adjective

• Bungie has been somewhat neglectful of raid exotics for a long, long time now.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 31 May 2021
• For years, the little gray donkey had been kept in a cramped and rancid stall by a neglectful owner.
  — Christopher McDougall, New York Times, 5 June 2017
• In the movie, the problem is the children’s behavior, brought on by a neglectful father.
  — Anita Gates, New York Times, 26 May 2024
• The story follows a neglectful father who is put under a spell by his son and is forced to tell only the truth.
  — Matt Drudge, WIRED, 3 Jan. 1997
• The takeaway is clear: Families can be neglectful, and there is no Santa to make things right.
  — Tim Carman, Houston Chronicle, 24 Dec. 2019
• Now in her second term as the public advocate, Ms. James has used the office to take on neglectful landlords and the city.
  — Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 16 May 2018
• There's a theme here of absent, neglectful fathers—and in the case of Miller, outright abusive fathers.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2020
• Therefore, the sport is neglectful of Black women’s swimming needs.
  — Washington Post, 23 July 2021
• All kids who need ADD meds aren't suffering and their parents aren't neglectful.
  — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
• Cases are rare of children killed by an abusive or neglectful guardian.
  — Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2021
• Child abuse, neglectful foster parents, the ways in which the system grossly fails children.
  — Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019
• Roach said the community has seen too many tragedies caused by neglectful gun owners.
  — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2017
• Pass bylaws that give tenants the right to live in rat-free housing, holding neglectful landlords to account.
  — WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
• Many are at home all day with parents who might be abusive, neglectful, or simply overwhelmed.
  — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2021
• Fail at these simple tasks and your Tamagotchi suffers a gruesome, neglectful death.
  — Sebastian Skov Andersen, Wired, 23 Nov. 2021
• Take a more hands-off approach and you’re accused of being uninvolved or neglectful.
  — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
• The only child missing, of course, is Aegon himself, and his sister-wife Helaena hasn’t a clue where her neglectful husband has fled.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 16 Oct. 2022
• That may be so, but the persistence of these nuisances only reinforces the longheld sense, within the community, that the city is neglectful of its needs.
  — Mark Lamster, Dallas Morning News, 23 Sep. 2020
• In the case of Flint, officials were willfully neglectful.
  — Justin Chen, STAT, 20 Nov. 2021
• Mom said Dad was neglectful at times, bordering on abusive.
  — John Duffy, CNN, 13 June 2021
• Permissive parents are not the same thing as neglectful parents.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 28 June 2023
• Some had been removed from abusive or neglectful homes after being burned.
  — Jenna Russell, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2019
• Meanwhile, Segal said, the problem of neglectful parenting may be that when no rules are given the child has free rein to eat as many unhealthy options as are available.
  — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2022
• There are in fact many reasons for high prices here, and the evidence makes clear that a big one is the demanding, neglectful attitudes of American patients.
  — The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2019
• Variety reports that Netflix bought the rights to this dramedy starring Ellen Page as a young drifter who steals a baby from a neglectful mother.
  — Megan Friedman, Marie Claire, 21 Jan. 2016
• Cruz has now joined a long line of neglectful politicians whose public slip-ups in failing to care for their animals reveal some deep cruelty.
  — Elly Belle, refinery29.com, 19 Feb. 2021
• Sadat said his client was molested as a 9-year-old and that his mother was at times neglectful and his father would leave pornographic magazines around the house.
  — City News Service, Orange County Register, 6 Feb. 2024
• Her ex-husband took her to court for custody of their two younger children, calling her neglectful and unfit, as well as seeking to reduce support payments, to name a few charges.
  — Annie Lane, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2022
• The private apartments are expensive and often owned by neglectful landlords, and Picture the Homeless has urged the city to use the stronger tactic of eminent domain.
  — Nikita Stewart, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2017
• Walls was able to couch her parents’ selfish and neglectful behavior with an uncommon empathy, but Cretton hasn’t the tools to do so.
  — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 10 Aug. 2017

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2024