How to Use disregard in a Sentence

disregard

1 of 2 verb
  • Some students completely disregard the rules of the school.
  • He disregarded his father's advice and left school.
  • Please disregard what I said before.
  • The best thing to do is to just disregard it.
    — Marty Steinberg, CNBC, 22 June 2026
  • This disregards their income or net worth.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The blood of our soldiers is not to be disregarded.
    — Becky Anderson, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The town was brimming with cats, so the rats had no choice but to disregard the summons.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2023
  • This is not to suggest the poll should be disregarded.
    — U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Next, there is heat exhaustion, which is less easy to disregard.
    — Krista Diamond, Longreads, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Norm-breaking presidents can disregard the law, and judges may cave.
    — Donald Nieman, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
  • One source describes the project as not a reboot, but rather a sequel that would disregard the events of the third movie.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Either neither heard my attempt to restore the peace or chose to disregard it.
    — Bob Brody, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026
  • And don’t disregard the nails, where the same principle applies.
    — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2025
  • For years, we've been ignored and disregarded.
    — Dan Gooding gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • For years, we've been ignored and disregarded.
    — Dan Gooding gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This is an attempt to blatantly disregard the will of the people.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 20 Jan. 2023
  • But their supporters living in the West can disregard such trade-offs.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
  • So defenders are prone to sag off of him at the 3-point line and disregard his ability to shoot.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Nov. 2022
  • And so to be disregarded in such a disrespectful way is….
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Even those well-versed in how those metrics are compiled often disregard the numbers for first basemen.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Don’t disregard symptoms that persist, get worse or impair your breathing.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Ford disregarded the orders and returned to the car, shifting it into drive.
    — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 27 May 2023
  • But the court did not disregard concerns about drug users possessing guns, as Gorsuch wrote.
    — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 18 June 2026
  • Over her years in business, Wainwright says she’s learned to disregard some of those dynamics.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Ethan’s team just totally seemed to disregard that bit of instruction, to their detriment.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The niece disregarded my request and contacted my daughter anyway and went off to have lunch with her.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Jesse immediately beelines for the best room of the rental, disregarding his ex-wife as the host of the trip.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 May 2026
  • The rest of the special gives its young viewers a decoder ring for those messages, and permission to disregard them.
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Equipped with this context, a user can disregard that content or interpret it from a new vantage.
    — Connie Etemadi, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Our minds seize upon the outliers and disregard the average cases.
    — Mike Rucker, Time, 12 Jan. 2023

disregard

2 of 2 noun
  • They treated the rules with complete disregard.
  • Never has a singer had such disregard for the rhythms behind him.
    — Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 14 Sep. 2022
  • This disregard for time is costly.
    — Anil Seth, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The fear caused by her masked goons and their disregard of due process leaves us citizens afraid to leave their homes.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2026
  • And some viewers will surely be turned off by the network’s craven disregard for the truth.
    — David Zurawik, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023
  • With a reckless disregard for the truth behind a senseless tragedy.
    — al, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Neither does anything else, but at least here, the disregard is genuine.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This is the conscious disregard for the safety of others.
    — Lucas Finton, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The disregard for truth is meant to be the point, but a smaller issue is very distracting here.
    — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023
  • What makes the Olsen twins stand out from that era is their complete disregard for those conventions.
    — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 12 June 2026
  • But Musk’s antics, his disregard for rules and his gloom-and-doom tweets are frustrating.
    — Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • This shows a blatant disregard for the integrity of our borders.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • Part of what Iris finds appealing about him as a father figure is his disregard for rules.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
  • That disregard remains a sticking point, evidence of an erosion of trust that had been won over years.
    — WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
  • This includes an intent to harm with prior knowledge that what was said is false or was said in reckless disregard for the truth.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Outraged over such disregard for safety, even those who had held uneasy friendships with King cut him off.
    — Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Why would something this delicious be treated with such disregard?
    — Eddie Huang, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The racist rhetoric, masks and disregard for anyone different are evident in both groups.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • And it was just said with such… oh, my God, hate, such disdain, such disregard for humanity.
    — ABC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Parker was also charged with felony child abuse and disregard for life in an ongoing criminal case.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • These clear violations show a reckless disregard for the rule of law and our democratic process.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
  • The motion highlights that comment as proof that the case was filed with disregard for the standards for an election challenge.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2022
  • This can lead to reckless behavior and a disregard for the consequences of your actions.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • This also helps explain the crime wave and disregard for human lives in some of our major cities where people now fear going out at night.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2022
  • There is still widespread skepticism and disregard for health protocols in some parts of the province.
    — ABC News, 8 June 2026
  • The disregard for one’s health is terrifying.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The disregard for one’s health is terrifying.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The disregard for one’s health is terrifying.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The system forces them to disregard sportsmanship and respect.
    — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
  • This is a blatant disregard for the boundaries that are necessary for good governance.
    — Harry Kraemer, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025

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