Hyphenation of neglected

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word neglected? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

ne-glect-ed

Definitions of neglected:

1.	Disregarded His cries were unheeded Shaw's neglected one-act comedy
2.	`A Village Wooing' Her ignored advice
3.	Lacking a caretaker A neglected child Many casualties were lying unattended

Synonyms of neglected:

adj	ignored, unheeded, unnoticed
adj	unattended, uncared-for

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.