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 openly ignore or disobey a rule or law, showing no respect for it.
- 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
- verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
- verb To refuse to take something seriously or to consider it worth thinking about.
- verb To tell someone they are free to leave.
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