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missachten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dismiss verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
  • disobey verb To refuse or fail to follow an order or rule.
  • flout verb To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
  • ignore verb To deliberately pay no attention to someone or something.
  • neglect verb To fail to give proper care or attention to someone or something.
  • slight adj Small in degree or amount; minor.
  • violate verb To break or fail to comply with a law, rule, or agreement.

Senses

missachten is used for these senses in English:

  • dismiss (transitive) To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration.
  • disobey (transitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey an order of (somebody).
  • flout (transitive) To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
  • ignore To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
  • neglect (transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
  • ride roughshod over (transitive, idiomatic) To treat (someone) roughly or without care, control, moderation, or respect; to act in a bullying manner toward (someone); to damage (someone or something).
  • slight (transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
  • violate (transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).

dismiss — full definition

  1. verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
  2. verb To refuse to take something seriously or to consider it worth thinking about.
  3. verb To tell someone they are free to leave.

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