Neglect and Scour

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Neglect

Neglect verb - To fail to give proper attention to.
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Antonyms for Neglect
Scour is an antonym for neglect.
Nearby Words: neglected, negligent, negligence, neglectful, neglecting

Scour

Scour verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.
Usage example: the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic
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Synonyms for Scour
Neglect is an antonym for scour in search thoroughly topic.
Nearby Words: scoured, scouring, scourer
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Common collocations

game neglect game scour game
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Antonyms for neglect


Antonyms for scour

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