relative neglect
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrelativeandneglect
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relative
adjective
uk/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
being judged or measured in comparison with ...
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neglect
noun[U]
uk/nɪˈɡlekt/us/nɪˈɡlekt/
a situation in which you do not give enough care or attention to someone or something, or the state of not receiving enough care ...
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(Definition ofrelativeandneglectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofrelative neglect
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Though excellent in many respects, that collection perpetuated therelativeneglectof the post-1961 plays by rounding them up in a single essay.
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This is the explanation for therelativeneglectof the free fantasia.
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On the question of historiography'srelativeneglectand discrepancies some answers are clearer.
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As a major urban catastrophe that originated with a natural disaster, the 1923 earthquake is not alone in itsrelativeneglectby scholars.
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While she successfully does this, herrelativeneglectof cultural factors weakens the force of her argument.
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We discuss the software/hardware duality of the schema concept and therelativeneglectof the mechanical properties of muscles.
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On the other hand, the same approach leads to therelativeneglectof those mundane psychological and cultural interactions which helped sustain the colonial order.
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Nor is there reason to suppose that the hybridization of sociology and history in the monograph accounts for therelativeneglectof the one set of chapters.
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Muir justifies hisrelativeneglectof the domestic context by the fact that its ' impact on the government and on the conduct of the war was slight ' (p. 159).
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I merely ask: is it possible that we may have over-concentrated on technology to therelativeneglectof some other aspects of healing?
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For too long there has been arelativeneglectof the agricultural sector of the developing countries' economies in their development programmes.
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In some cases, it also led to arelativeneglectof teaching.
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We are facing the results of long years ofrelativeneglect.
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The concentration on motorways and therelativeneglectof the small-scale tertiary roads may have quite devastating consequences.
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We may find that there will berelativeneglectof some facilities.
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Also, concentration on food aid with arelativeneglectof financial and technical aid to the poor countries should cease.
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How can therelativeneglectof statistics possibly be explained?
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His final years were marked by poor health and financial difficulties, and his literary work was met withrelativeneglect.
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The acclaim which he earned in the 1920s contrasts markedly with therelativeneglectof his later work.
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