neglecting and ignoring

ignore

ig·nore AW [ignore ignores ignored ignoring]   [ɪɡˈnɔː(r)]    [ɪɡˈnɔːr]  verb
1. ~ sth to pay no attention to sth
Syn:  disregard
• He ignored all the ‘No Smoking’ signs and lit up a cigarette.
• I made a suggestion but they chose to ignore it.
• We cannot afford to ignore their advice.

• She deliberately ignored my question and changed the subject.

2. ~ sb to pretend that you have not seen sb or that sb is not there
Syn: take no notice of
• She ignored him and carried on with her work.
• If he tries to start an argument, just ignore him.
Verb forms:

 
Word Origin:
late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘be ignorant of’): from French ignorer or Latin ignorare ‘not know, ignore’, from in- ‘not’ + gno-, a base meaning ‘know’. Current senses date from the early 19th cent.  
Thesaurus:
ignore verb T
• She ignored him and carried on with her work.
take no notice • • overlook • • neglect • • turn a blind eye • • gloss over sth • |formal disregard •
Opp: pay attention to sb/sth
ignore/overlook/neglect/turn a blind eye to/gloss over/disregard the fact that…
ignore/overlook/neglect/disregard the importance/need/possibility of sth
ignore/disregard sb's advice/rules/wishes  
Example Bank:
• He blithely ignored her protests and went on talking as if all were agreed between them.
• He continued eating, deciding to ignore her.
• He preferred to ignore these comments.
• Her mother's opinions on how babies should be cared for were freely given and duly ignored.
• Hill wilfully ignored the conventions of the banking world.
• I shrugged, pretending to ignore him.
• I've learned to ignore all of my sister's hurtful comments.
• It would be foolish to ignore them completely.
• Jason had managed to ignore a lot of the pressure for most of his career.
• People seem very willing to ignore the risks.
• Safety guidelines had been blatantly ignored.
• Safety standards are widely ignored in the industry.
• Scientists have tended to ignore these creatures.
• She sat at her desk and studiously ignored me.
• Shona basically ignored her.
• Social services routinely ignore the problems facing at-risk young women.
• The diesel fumes from Oxford's buses are not easily ignored.
• The government has simply ignored the problem altogether.
• The group politely ignored her remark.
• The judge chose to ignore the views of the doctors.
• The managers have conveniently ignored these statistics.
• The pernicious effect of this advertising on children is a problem that we ignore at our peril.
• The press typically ignores a problem until it causes a crisis.
• These people occupy such a marginal position in society that the authorities think they can be safely ignored.
• a look of disapproval which he promptly ignored

• a warning the president cannot afford to ignore