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as in ignored
to fail to give proper attention to
you've overlooked your chores again this week
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as in handled
to be in charge of
you'll be asked to overlook larger projects in the future
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as in possessed
to cast a spell on
the superstitious grandmother actually believed that the baby had been overlooked by a gypsy woman
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as in scanned
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)
quickly overlooked the table of used books to see if there was anything of value
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as in disregarded
to dismiss as of little importance
definitely not the kind of spouse to overlook even a single instance of marital infidelity
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as in managed
to look after and make decisions about
the engineer hired to overlook the construction of the canal
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Recent Examples of overlooked
The Oldenburg Film Festival has long been the place to find the strange, the overlooked and the unapologetically unconventional in indie cinema.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
For decades, Black performers, writers, and producers have fought to carve out space in an industry that too often overlooked or distorted their stories.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
Professionals over 50 are increasingly overlooked, despite their decades of experience and hard-won expertise.
—Gilda D'incerti, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Upholstery choices are not to be overlooked, as our picks include performance velvet, boucle, and even a leather sofa from Quince.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2025
If last year’s scare against Texas Tech wasn’t enough, then surely the results from across the country in Week 2 will send the message that no opponent can be overlooked.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Both sides agree that Iowa, long overlooked in national politics, is suddenly back in the spotlight.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
Cross said documents withheld by prosecutors revealed Bray was not the first officer to search the car where Jones' toolbox was found, which means other officers would have overlooked the pendant in earlier searches.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
The guest curatorship program allows WePresent to champion emerging and overlooked talent while collaborating on projects designed to spark cultural conversations.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
For decades, Black performers, writers, and producers have fought to carve out space in an industry that too often overlooked or distorted their stories.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
Professionals over 50 are increasingly overlooked, despite their decades of experience and hard-won expertise.
—Gilda D'incerti, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Upholstery choices are not to be overlooked, as our picks include performance velvet, boucle, and even a leather sofa from Quince.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2025
If last year’s scare against Texas Tech wasn’t enough, then surely the results from across the country in Week 2 will send the message that no opponent can be overlooked.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Both sides agree that Iowa, long overlooked in national politics, is suddenly back in the spotlight.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
Cross said documents withheld by prosecutors revealed Bray was not the first officer to search the car where Jones' toolbox was found, which means other officers would have overlooked the pendant in earlier searches.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
The guest curatorship program allows WePresent to champion emerging and overlooked talent while collaborating on projects designed to spark cultural conversations.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlooked
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Carr had been a game warden in Northern Rhodesia (as Zambia was then called), where hunting dominated.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Much of the world's launch capacity today is used to deploy smaller communications satellites into low-Earth orbit, primarily for broadband connectivity rather than for the video broadcast market once dominated by higher-altitude geosynchronous satellites.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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The evening was slightly chaotic and quickly unsynchronized as the first dinner group, which included Sunisa Lee, Fabolous and more, ignored initial invitations to sit in lieu of sunset views of the East River from the 63rd floor balcony.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Mendoza ignored what her contract said.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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What sets Leviyev apart from her competitors is the fact that each treatment is handled with utmost compassion, precision, and a belief that external beauty is a result of harmony between internal bodily functions.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Hikaru Kondo, the movie’s general director, wrote the lyrics and the composition and arrangement were handled by the composers of the film’s soundtrack — the former by Go Shiina, the latter by Shiina and Sachiko Miyano.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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The creature that possessed the unfortunate Ensign Gamble finds a way back from its permanent transporter buffer exile, and is able to exert a malign influence on a whole new generation of followers.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Senior Logan Posey has been a man possessed through two games, running for 352 yards and four TDs on 37 carries, including 115 yards in a loss to Pine Creek in Week 1.—
Matt Schubert,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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Claude scanned thousands of systems and identified weak points.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Is this event also a way to make World and the Orb feel more approachable and less intimidating to the public, especially those skeptical of getting their eyes scanned?—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Autumn Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for 16 hours.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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With head coach Dean Smith suspended (yellow card accumulation), associate head coach Miles Joseph managed Charlotte to its fifth clean sheet in six games.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Sep. 2025
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The estate has supervised the release of over forty albums of Hendrix’s studio and live recordings in conjunction with the guitarist’s main engineer, Eddie Kramer.—
Mike Alleyne Ph.D,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Four university police officers supervised the event, setting up what appeared to be a sort of perimeter surrounding the group.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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The plaque used the words magical, alluring, galvanizing and adventurous, and their initials spelled MAGA.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Chinkapin, sometimes spelled as chinquapin and known scientifically as Quercus muehlenbergii, is a type of oak that has been used by other distilleries and brands to age whiskey before.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Overlooked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlooked. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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