What it means
- (verb) To fail to care for or attend to something. “to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts”
- (verb) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight. “to neglect strangers”
- (verb) To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.
Letter analysis
- Neglecting contains 10 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
Sub-words
- negligent
- electing
- gentling
- genetic
- gentile
- lenient
- neglect
- client
- engine
- entice
- geeing
- gentle
- leggin
- linnet
- neglig
- niggle
- teeing
- tingle
- cling
- elect
- elite
- genie
- glint
- inlet
- intel
- legit
- liege
- linen
- niece
- tinge
- cent
- cite
- clit
- gelt
- gene
- gent
- gilt
- glee
- glen
- lent
- lice
- lien
- line
- lint
- lite
- nice
- nine
- nite
- teen
- tile
- tine
- ting
- eel
- egg
- etc
- gee
- gel
- gen
- get
Related words
Other 10-letter words
- abandoning
- abbreviate
- abdicating
- abdication
- abductions
- aberration
- abhorrence
- abjuration
- abnegating
- abnegation
- abnormally
- abolishing
- abominable
- abominably
- abominated
- abominates
- aboriginal
- aborigines
Words starting with NEG
- neg
- negate
- negated
- negates
- negating
- negation
- negations
- negative
- negatived
- negatively
- negatives
- negativing
- negativity
- neglect
- neglected
- neglectful
- neglectfully
- neglects
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Words ending with ING
Common questions
What does Neglecting mean?
To fail to care for or attend to something.
How many letters are in Neglecting?
Neglecting has 10 letters.
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