pretermitted

verb

past tense of pretermit
as in omitted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pretermitted
  1. omitted
  2. ignored
  3. disregarded
  4. neglected
  5. passed over
  6. failed
Verb
  • Standard language from the template—guaranteeing rights to education, physical and mental health, and other protections against child labor—was omitted from NewJeans’ contract, signed when the members were aged 14 to 17.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Smith said that assessment omitted information important to evaluating whether the officers reasonably feared injury.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of omitted
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  • The College Football Playoff selection committee has insulted them, their city has mostly ignored them, and few outside of the range of Bob Chesney’s wonderfully gravelly football voice has actually believed in them.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • But Colom and his Black supporters also have never ignored the significance of his candidacy as a Black man.
    — Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of ignored
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  • As a public figure, Piker must show actual malice, meaning Jennings knew his claims were false or recklessly disregarded the truth.
    — Emma Witman, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Witnesses told police that a vehicle traveling westbound on County Road 250 South reportedly disregarded a stop sign and struck Schultz’s vehicle, which overturned and resulted in Schultz being extricated.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of disregarded
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  • The committee's findings also identify neglected investigative leads and the Justice Department's subsequent exposure of survivors' sensitive information through inadequate redactions.
    — Anna Rahmanan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Inoue’s literature almost invariably focusses on the smallest, tenderest, and perhaps most beautifully confusing of human actions, ones that are often ignored or neglected.
    — Nina Mesfin, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of neglected
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  • In January, a derailment and collision near Adamuz killed 46, and investigators pointed to a rail that had broken before the train passed over it.
    — Eric D. Goodman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The snowpack supplies roughly 30% of California’s freshwater, and air masses tied to the storms had largely passed over Fresno and Madera counties, pointing to the Central Valley as a possible source.
    — The Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of passed over
Verb
  • After Pittsburgh failed to score during nearly 4½ straight minutes of power-play time early in the second, Gauthier beat Silovs with a beautiful no-look shot for his first goal.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • The administration says longstanding federal policy of getting people into permanent housing first, then offering voluntary treatment, has failed, and is to blame for the pandemic spike in homelessness.
    — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026
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“Pretermitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pretermitted. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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