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Danish
Noun
forsømthed c (uncountable)
- the state of being neglected
1951, Tage Nissen, Landet på verdens bagside: rejseskildringer fra Chile, page 68:Ituslåede vinduer, stoppet med klude, og døre, der var repareret med uhøvlet pakkassetræ forlenede husene med fattigdommens forsømthed og ligegyldighed.- Smashed windows stuffed with rags and doors repaired with unplaned crate wood endowed the houses with the neglect and apathy of poverty.
2014, Henning Mankell, Ildspor:Den forsømthed, Forsfält havde talt om, så han ingen spor af. Dagligstuen havde en sofagruppe, som så ud til at være næsten ubrugt.- Of the neglect, of which Forsfält had spoken, he saw no trace. The living room had a sofa set which appeared to be almost unused.
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