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disregard

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdisregarddis‧re‧gard1 /ˌdɪsrɪˈɡɑːd $ -ɑːrd/ ●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる verb [transitive] IGNOREto ignore something or treat it as unimportant He ordered the jury to disregard the witness’s last statement. Mark totally disregarded my advice.→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpusdisregard• Please disregard any notes written in the margins.• Yet on the other hand governments were quite willing to disregard clearly expressed public feeling when this seemed in the national interest.• The fear is that women who have a negative mammogram will disregard contrary evidence such as feeling a lump, Bredt said.• It disregards entirely the far more effective role of democratic self-government at the state and local levels.• This phenomenon, in which an animal responds to a repeated stimulus by eventually disregarding it, is familiar to everyone.• They were so keen to get to grips with the enemy that they disregarded much of the training in stealth and guile.• By disregarding speed limits and passing red lights, we somehow got to the airport in time.• Marlow sometimes disregards the law, but his aim is always justice.• For all the lucrative prospects, owners could not disregard the risks. disregarddisregard2 noun [singular, uncountable] IGNOREwhen someone ignores something that they should not ignoredisregard for/of his disregard for her feelingstotal/reckless/complete/flagrant etc disregard Local councillors accused the terrorists of showing a complete disregard for human life.in disregard of something He said the bombing was in complete disregard of the Geneva Convention.Examples from the Corpusdisregard• Will we display more of the statesmanship, selflessness, and disregard for monetary advantage associated with public service and professional responsibility?• The first is to change what is called the earnings disregard.• Flagrant disregard for the evidence freely available in libraries at home and abroad was self-defeating.• Yevdoxia revealed the same blend of feelings: the two women had a healthy disregard for each other.• Agricultural subsidies and a thoughtless disregard for natural processes are washing away the commonwealth of land, its soils and wildlife.• You have shown a total disregard for the law and for public safety.• But however can one conceive of this happening without a total disregard for humanity?total/reckless/complete/flagrant etc disregard• Yet when in action he was the perfect fighting machine with a total disregard for his own personal safety.• But however can one conceive of this happening without a total disregard for humanity?• The whole beauty of the trading floor was its complete disregard for tenure.• The total disregard for law and order made it difficult to identify which attacks were political and which were not.• Others are sponsored by ambitious federal agencies, sometimes with total disregard for the recommendations of other arms of government.
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Verb table
disregard
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they disregard
he, she, it disregards
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they disregarded
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have disregarded
he, she, it has disregarded
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had disregarded
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will disregard
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have disregarded
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Continuous Form
Present
I am disregarding
he, she, it is disregarding
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you, we, they are disregarding
Past
I, he, she, it was disregarding
you, we, they were disregarding
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been disregarding
he, she, it has been disregarding
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been disregarding
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be disregarding
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been disregarding
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