Disregard Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of DISREGARD

[+ object]

:

to ignore (something) or treat (something) as unimportant

• Please disregard what I said before.
• He disregarded his father's advice and left school.
• Some students completely disregard the rules of the school.

Britannica Dictionary definition of DISREGARD

:

the act of ignoring something or treating something as unimportant

[noncount]

• They treated the rules with complete/total disregard.

— usually + for or of

• the government's casual disregard for the rights of its citizens
• The terrorists acted in complete/total disregard of human life.
• The judge found that the statements were made with reckless disregard for/of the truth.

[singular]

— usually + for or of

• Some students show a complete disregard for the rules of the school.
• a disregard of the evidence