serious neglect

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousandneglect

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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neglect
noun[U]
uk
/nɪˈɡlekt/us
/nɪˈɡlekt/
a situation in which you do not give enough care or attention to someone or something, or the state of not receiving enough care ...
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(Definition ofseriousandneglectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofserious neglect

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Some county councils have shown very little interest in maintaining public transport locally and are guilty ofseriousneglect.
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I was rather appalled by the description they presented to me of an island whose infrastructure is crumbling and suffering fromseriousneglect.
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There is a case of a granddaughter who was sent to a child guidance clinic suffering fromseriousneglectby her parents.
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Expert advice has been disregarded, and there wasseriousneglect.
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There had been rather deplorable treatment in the hospital, amounting to quiteseriousneglect.
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It provides this degree of safeguard to a landlord who sees his premises being allowed to fall into a state ofseriousneglect.
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The tenants of that company have long complained of theseriousneglectof their properties.
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That means that there is a danger to the child's health and ofseriousneglectby the parent.
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Transport problems are in fact the result of a benign indifference that has turned into real andseriousneglect.
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They wrote that some of the wealthiest of the private stations have the lowest standards in programmes and showseriousneglectof their obligations as part of the national system.
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The study's authors picked up a potential shift in attitudes by asking people whether they thought that failing to vote was aseriousneglectof their civic duty.
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In the 20th century the house sufferedseriousneglectand vandalism.
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As a result, the country sufferedseriousneglect, a lack of infrastructural development and major destruction and displacement.
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It, too, was almost demolished after falling intoseriousneglectin the early 20th century.
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In the past the entire area sufferedseriousneglectand marginalization in the hands of the government.
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Later on, though, it remained vacant and by the end of the century had fallen intoseriousneglectand disrepair.
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This region has been negatively affected by war for all but 10 of the years since 1956, resulting inseriousneglect, lack of infrastructure development, and major destruction and displacement.
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