Irresponsibility vs Neglect - What's the difference?
irresponsibility | neglect |
The character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability.
(label) To fail to care for or attend to something.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
(label) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.
(label) To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.
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, title= The act of neglecting.
The state of being neglected.
Habitual lack of care.
As nouns the difference between irresponsibility and neglect
is that irresponsibility is the character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability while neglect is the act of neglecting.As a verb neglect is
(label) to fail to care for or attend to something.irresponsibility
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Verb
(en verb)- I hope / My absence doth neglect no great designs.
- This, my long suffering and my day of grace, / Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
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