Contrive and Neglect

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Contrive verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

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Neglect is an antonym for contrive in topics: invent, bring about.

Neglect verb - To fail to give proper attention to.

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Contrive is an antonym for neglect.

reason	contrive reason	neglect reason
threats	contrive threats	neglect threats

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