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OVERLOOKED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not taken into account
Example:
his retirement was not allowed to go unmarked
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
unnoticed (not noticed)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb overlook
Context examples:
They disliked me; and they sullenly, sternly, steadily, overlooked me.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Elizabeth had turned from him, Lady Russell overlooked him; her nerves were strengthened by these circumstances; she felt that she owed him attention.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
With real affection, Fanny, like mine, more might be overlooked.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
But above all, above respect and esteem, there was a motive within her of goodwill which could not be overlooked.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
And while there is a concerted effort to protect endangered species such as pandas, tigers and rhinos, other organisms are being overlooked.
(Nearly Half the Planet's Species Could Be Wiped Out by the End of This Century, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Having thus acknowledged what I owe those who have aided and approved me, I turn to another class; a small one, so far as I know, but not, therefore, to be overlooked.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Very distantly-related plants, such as non-flowering liverworts that are believed to resemble some of the first land plants, are often overlooked.
(Ancient defence strategy continues to protect plants from pathogens, University of Cambridge)
We suspect that previous studies have overlooked the emergence of this shallow horizon by averaging data from different models rather than looking at individual models, said co-author Gabriela Negrete-Garcia of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
(Marine organisms in Southern Ocean will face shallower zone for life, National Science Foundation)
The next day, came the news that the murder had not been overlooked, that the guilt of Hyde was patent to the world, and that the victim was a man high in public estimation.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
For though we had a good enough place of it in the cabin of the HISPANIOLA, with plenty of arms and ammunition, and things to eat, and excellent wines, there had been one thing overlooked—we had no water.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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