- disregard
- 1. nounThe act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about.
The governments disregard for the needs of disabled people is outrageous.
2. verbTo ignore.
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disregard — I (lack of respect) noun affront, aloofness, bad manners, belittlement, callousness, contempt, contemptousness, contumely, depreciation, discourtesy, disdain, disesteem, disfavor, dishonor, disobedience, disregardfulness, disrespect, heedlessness … Law dictionary
disregard — dis re*gard , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {disregarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {disregarding}.] Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Disregard — Dis re*gard , n. The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight. [1913 Webster] The disregard of experience. Whewell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disregard — [n] ignoring apathy, brush off*, contempt, disdain, disesteem, disfavor, disinterest, disrespect, forgetting, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, indifference, insouciance, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, neglect, neglecting, negligence,… … New thesaurus
disregard — (v.) 1640s, from DIS (Cf. dis ) + REGARD (Cf. regard). Related: Disregarded; disregarding. As a noun, from 1660s … Etymology dictionary
disregard — vb ignore, overlook, slight, forget, *neglect, omit Contrasted words: attend, mind, watch, *tend: observe, notice, note, remark (see SEE) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
disregard — ► VERB ▪ pay no attention to. ► NOUN ▪ the action of disregarding or the state of being disregarded … English terms dictionary
disregard — [dis΄ri gärd′] vt. 1. to pay little or no attention to 2. to treat without due respect; slight n. 1. lack of attention; neglect 2. lack of due regard or respect SYN. NEGLECT disregardful adj … English World dictionary
disregard — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total, utter ▪ blatant, flagrant ▪ callous, cavalier, cynical … Collocations dictionary
disregard — I n. 1) to show disregard 2) willful disregard 3) disregard for II v. (K) we cannot disregard his coming late to work so often * * * [ˌdɪsrɪ gɑːd] (K) we cannot disregard his coming late to work so often to show disregard willful disregard… … Combinatory dictionary
disregard — dis|re|gard1 [ˌdısrıˈga:d US a:rd] v [T] to ignore something or treat it as unimportant ▪ He ordered the jury to disregard the witness s last statement. ▪ Mark totally disregarded my advice. disregard 2 disregard2 n [singular, U] when someone… … Dictionary of contemporary English
