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neglect

Thesaurus>the fact of not doing something you should>neglect
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THE FACT OF NOT DOING SOMETHING YOU SHOULD

Corruption and neglect resulted in a government that was weakened enough to be overthrown.
Synonyms and examples
failure
Failure to follow the employee guidelines can lead to your immediate termination.
default
The bank seized his house because his mortgage was in default.
malpractice
The surgeon was sued for malpractice.
dereliction
He was dishonourably discharged for dereliction of duty.
negligence
Educational standards deteriorated thanks to the negligence of the administration.
lapse
His first marriage was certainly a lapse in judgment.
non-fulfilmentUK
The contract was voided over non-fulfilment.
non-action
Their non-action will hinder our ability to move forward with the plan.
inactionformal
This is not the time for inaction - we must fight for our freedoms.
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See also
fail
fall apart
fall to pieces
fall through
crackinformal
go belly upmainlyUSinformal
fall short
fall between two stools
go down the panUKinformal
go pear-shapedUKinformal
come to nothing
bite the dust
come a cropperinformal
go down the tubesinformal
crash and burninformal
flop
bombmainlyUSinformal
breakdown
meltdown
collapse
washoutinformal
fiasco
debacle
omnishamblesUKinformal
flameoutUSinformal
non-success
inefficacyformal
success
turkeyinformal
clunkerUSinformal
dudinformal
lemonmainlyUSinformal
be a disasterinformal
loserinformal
lame duck
no-hoperUK
non-starterinformal

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When something fails, itdoes not work or does not happen as intended. Thefact of being unsuccessfulis called failure. Failure is also used to describesomeone or something that is not successfulorthe fact of not doing something that you should.
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