Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

negligence; omission, oversight, laches [Law], default; supineness &c (inactivity) 683; inattention &c 458; nonchalance &c (insensibility) 823; imprudence, recklessness &c 863; slovenliness &c (disorder) 59, (dirt) 653; improvidence &c 674; noncompletion &c 730; inexactness &c (error) 495. paralipsis, paralepsis, paraleipsis (in rhetoric). trifler, waiter on Providence; Micawber. V. be negligent &c adj.; take no care of &c (take care of) &c 459; neglect; let slip, let go; lay aside, set aside, cst aside, put aside; keep out of sight, put out of sight; lose sight of. overlook, disregard; pass over, pas by; let pass; blink; wink at, connive at; gloss over; take no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice of; pay no regard to; laisser aller [Fr.]. scamp; trifle, fribble†; do by halves; cut; slight &c (despise) 930; play with, trifle with; slur, skim, skim the surface; effleurer [Fr.]; take a cursory view of &c 457. slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over; pretermit†, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink; table [Parl.]; ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to; leave out of one's calculation; not attend to &c 457, not mind; not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with; forget &c 506; be caught napping &c (not expect) 508; leave a loose thread; let the grass grow under one's feet. render neglectful &c adj.; put off one's guard, throw off one's guard; distract, divert. Adj. neglecting &c v.; unmindful, negligent, neglectful; heedless, careless, thoughtless; perfunctory, remiss; feebleness &c 575. inconsiderate; uncircumspect†, incircumspect†; off one's guard; unwary, unwatchful†, unguarded; offhand. supine &c (inactive) 683; inattentive &c 458; insouciant &c (indifferent) 823; imprudent, reckless &c 863; slovenly &c (disorderly) 59, (dirty) 653; inexact &c (erroneous) 495; improvident &c 674. neglected &c v.; unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted†, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded†, unremarked, unmissed†; shunted, shelved. unexamined, unstudied, unsearched†, unscanned†, unweighed†, unsifted, unexplored. abandoned; buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel. Adv. negligently &c adj.; hand over head, anyhow; in an unguarded moment &c (unexpectedly) 508; per incuriam [Lat.]. Int. never mind, no matter, let it pass. Phr. out of sight, out of mind.