disregard

disregard
1. noun
The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about.

The governments disregard for the needs of disabled people is outrageous.

2. verb
To 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

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