disregard
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1. disregard - Noun
2. disregard - Verb
Meaning
Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience.
The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight.
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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.
It is one of life's laws that as soon as one door closes another opens. But the tragedy is we look at the closed door and disregard the open one.
I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.
A scientist ought to have a healthy disregard for coincidences.
As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard.
We disregard what we've got, always chasing what we've not.