disregarded
part of speech
verb past form of disregard (disregard, disregards, disregarded, disregarding); adjective (disregarded)
meaning for a pupil
1) Disregarded means ignored or not paid attention to. tree →
2) (formal) Disregarded can mean treated as not important. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths and science exam language: «Air resistance may be disregarded» means you can ignore it in your working. In safety: «He disregarded the warning sign» means he ignored it, which is dangerous. Everyday speech says «ignored».
examples
- He disregarded the warning and swam too far out. tree →
- Friction may be disregarded in this question. tree →
- She disregarded her mum's advice and got wet. tree →
- (formal) Any answer without working will be disregarded. tree →
- The rule was disregarded by some players. tree →
- Disregard the first result because it was a mistake. tree →
- She therefore bravely disregarded the orders of the king, and endeavoured to give sepulture to the remains of Polynices. tree →
note
Formal word; everyday equivalent «ignored». In maths, a disregarded value is left out of the calculation: if one of five test scores is disregarded, the average is taken over four.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «disregarded» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.