disregard

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disregard

  • /dɪsɹɪˈɡɑːd/ UK
  • /dɪsɹɪˈɡɑɹd/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d

Where it comes from

From dis- + regard. Compare misregard.

noun disregards

  1. uncountable, usually The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about something. The government's blithe disregard for the needs of disabled people is outrageous.

    Similar: misregard, disesteem

verb disregards · disregarding · disregarded

  1. transitive To ignore; to pay no attention to. If you break the law, they will send you a letter. You disregard that they will send someone with a suit to your house. If you disregard Suit-Boy, you will be sent a subpoena. You disregard that they will send men with guns and dogs to your house.

    Similar: misregard, unheed, unmind

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ignore, neglect, pretermission, cold-shoulder, brush aside, slight, dismiss, brush off, snub, discount, cut, push aside, ignoring, forget, failure, negligence

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noun not paying attention or caring about

Españolabulia, displicencia, desmiramiento, falta de reguardo, desidia, incuria
中文忽視 /忽视 hūshì, 漠視 /漠视 mòshì, 無視 /无视 wúshì
हिन्दीअवहेलना avhelnā
Portuguêsdesconsideração
Françaismépris
DeutschGleichgültigkeit, Nichtbeachten, Nichtbeachtung, Missachtung, Zurücksetzung, Geringschätzung
Românădesconsiderare, dispreț, discreditare, nepăsare, indiferență
Русскийпренебреже́ние prenebrežénije, игнори́рование ignorírovanije
العربيةإِهْمال ʔihmāl

verb to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend

Españoldesoír, no tener en cuenta, ningunear, preterir, abstraer(se) de
हिन्दीअवमानना avmānnā
Portuguêsignorar, desconsiderar
Françaisignorer, mépriser
Deutschmissachten, außer Betracht lassen, übersehen, vernachlässigen, ignorieren, ausklammern
Italianoignorare, non considerare
Ελληνικάπαραθεωρώ paratheoró
Românădesconsidera, ignora
Русскийпренебрега́ть prenebregátʹ, пренебре́чь prenebréčʹ, игнори́ровать ignorírovatʹ, проигнори́ровать proignorírovatʹ, не обраща́ть внима́ния ne obraščátʹ vnimánija, не обрати́ть внима́ния ne obratítʹ vnimánija

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@misc{disregard_2026,
  title = {disregard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disregard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}