disregard

Definition

The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about something.

Etymology

From dis- + regard. Compare misregard.

Example Sentences

• "The government's blithe disregard for the needs of disabled people is outrageous."
• "The guard was paying no attention whatever to the running of his train, in total disregard of rules, and, as the recently-published report of a Ministry of Transport Inspecting Officer of Railways shows, there were other disquieting features in the case, such as ignorance on the part of responsible men of rules and appendix instructions and a lax attitude to regulations of which they professed to be aware, combined with failure to look at staff notice boards."
• "The Trump administration’s disregard for due process has been a pattern in the legal disputes over his immigration policies."