neglective

English

Etymology

From neglect +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪˈɡlɛktɪv/
• Hyphenation: ne‧glect‧ive

Adjective

neglective (comparative more neglective, superlative most neglective)

1. (archaic) Neglectful.
   • 1639, Thomas Fuller, “The Common-wealth of the Mammalukes Described, Presenting Us with Many Unexampled Remarkables”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck, one of the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge [and sold by John Williams, London], →OCLC, book IV, page 202:

     [I]t is a wonder they ſhould be ſo neglective of their own children.

References

• “neglective”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.