States and conditions

Synonyms for neglect

The synonym for neglect recorded in this bank is disuse, in the sense "the state of something that has been unused and neglected". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for neglect

disusenoun, in the sense "the state of something that has been unused and neglected"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day neglect is audited in a second meaning.

The sensenounTier 4, High CampStates and conditions

the state of something that has been unused and neglected

The house was in a terrible state of neglect.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

disuse

Same sentence, swapped: The house was in a terrible state of disuse.

Close but different

The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.

twilight
wreck
nod

Where neglect turns up in the game

neglect is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where neglect is the trap

mistakenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is fault, in the sense "a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention", and neglect is on the board beside it.

Play neglect

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so neglect reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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climatenounclimethe weather in some location averaged over some long period of timeHigh CampHas a reason line comatoseadjectivestuporousin a state of deep unconsciousness, or informally, extreme sluggish inactivityHigh CampHas a reason line complacentadjectiveblasein a state of smug self-satisfaction, unconcerned about problemsHigh CampHas a reason line consistverbcomprisebe composed ofHigh CampHas a reason line termsnounpricethe amount of money needed to purchase somethingFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line threatnounmenacesomething that is a source of dangerTreelineHas a reason line titlenounchampionshipthe status of being a championTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line exaltverbinspireheighten or intensifyHigh Camp

One vocabulary, two jobs

neglect is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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