Neglect
Neglect verb - To fail to give proper attention to.
Quest
Quest verb - To go in search of.
Usage example: many daydreamers trekked to California questing riches during the great gold rush of 1849
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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His single-minded quest to find the latter causes him to neglect his surviving child.
Source: Heartbroken Badass -
Parental Neglect: Joe's quest for the lost orgasm leads her to leave her 3-year-old boy, Marcel, alone at home.
Source: Film / Nymphomaniac - Characters striving to produce such perfection may fall victim to obsession and neglect their families, social lives, more-lucrative but less-rewarding careers, or even their very health and well-being in their quest.
Source: Magnum Opus
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Quest and Neglect. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/neglect/quest
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Quest or Neglect. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/neglect/quest.
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