How to Use benign neglect in a Sentence

benign neglect

noun

• The need for benign neglect The more squared-away among us have been doing their Christmas shopping for a while.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 17 Dec. 2017
• But that’s just fine with Ms. Piesse, who deems this benign neglect of heritage very much in line with the Shropshire spirit.
  — Christoph Irmscher, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2021
• Providing benign neglect is the best way to have bougainvilleas in bloom each year.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Jan. 2022
• After six decades, the rooms were still intact, largely thanks to benign neglect.
  — Cynthia Frank, ELLE Decor, 13 Mar. 2018
• The company’s benign neglect was a boon for many creators.
  — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2021
• As our weekends filled with Little League and birthday parties, the yard fell into a state of benign neglect.
  — Grace Hwang Lynch, SFChronicle.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• The answer isn't necessarily to go back to benign neglect of previous decades, Leahy said, but to find the balance that works for your child.
  — Elissa Strauss, CNN, 28 Aug. 2020
• Luckily there was plenty to do under the benign neglect of my uncles.
  — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2020
• Sometimes the best practice is benign neglect; overwatering is the silent killer.
  — Cotton Codinha, Allure, 18 Feb. 2020
• Such a major move could anger Chinese Switch gamers whose imports have been treated mostly with benign neglect thus far.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 10 Apr. 2020
• Even if his leadership contrasts with Trump's benign neglect, Biden hasn't been perfect on the pandemic either.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 12 Oct. 2021
• Awkwardness became a cyclical force, weaponized not through malice, but through the convenient delusions of benign neglect.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2017
• At least two neighbors watched Lexi’s plight and telephoned animal control to report this benign neglect, but the complaints came to nothing; the legal threshold for abuse of animals is pretty high.
  — Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
• Tables sat dirty, glasses went empty and customers were doing the uncomfortable shuffle that comes with benign neglect and long intervals with no food.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 17 Oct. 2019
• Here’s one mom’s recipe for successful parenting: benign neglect.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2021
• For those who care about international women’s rights, the best-case scenario under the new administration is benign neglect.
  — Michelle Goldberg, Slate Magazine, 9 Feb. 2017
• Some party officials and allies of the White House worry that the combination of benign neglect for early bundlers and the potential for voting legislation to languish could hamper fund-raising in 2022 and beyond.
  — New York Times, 4 Nov. 2021
• But that is after years of benign neglect during which multiple companies evolved into powerful fiefdoms.
  — Zachary Karabell, Time, 9 July 2021
• One Billion Americans also does not accept the challenge of the cultural and social assimilability of so many new Americans, glossing over objections with a few asides and benign neglect.
  — Razib Khan, National Review, 12 Sep. 2020
• After a brief transition, Mr Macri’s central bank adopted a conventional macroeconomic framework, using interest rates to target inflation and treating the exchange rate with benign neglect.
  — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2019
• Instead, DarkSide is a private, for-profit criminal organization that operates under the benign neglect of Russian authorities.
  — Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 10 May 2021
• Companies took an approach of benign neglect to monitoring employee performance during Covid-19—such as dropping formal evaluations and goal-setting conversations.
  — Francesca Fontana, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 19 Oct 2024