What does neglectful mean?

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Adjective
  1. Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention.
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I view it as belated recognition that not all travelers are satisfied with a cookie-cutter room and neglectful service.
I suspect that the neglectful ruination of Havana has served a profoundly ideological purpose.
The proposal has drawn fire from opposition parties and private foundations, who condemned it as neglectful of the welfare of the people.
The all-pervasive corruption in the police force and the bureaucracy has made the commoners neglectful of the rule of law.
Unhappily, viewed from Moscow, this has issued in a relationship more neglectful of Russian national interests.
In our enchantment we are too often neglectful of that which made purchasing and consumption possible, namely, credit.

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