PRETERMITTED Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

pretermitted

verb

past tense of pretermit

as in omitted

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Despite telling police definitively that she had been raped, the report Ithaca police sent to the district attorney omitted this language.

— Kaitlyn M. Sims, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten has said Cornell police omitted key information that could have affected his decision whether or not to pursue criminal charges.

— Hallie Golden, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of omitted

Verb

The shame lies with the governments who ignored the AIDS crisis and the stigma that was around people and the innate prejudice that was in society.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
It is enabled by a culture where consent and accountability are ignored.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of ignored

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Portraits of young female military spotters, whose warnings about a potential attack were disregarded, mark their deaths that day.

— Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
According to the report, the two commissioners questioned the legality of some of the decisions, but Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar disregarded their objections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of disregarded

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Los Sures Executive Director Juan Ramos said some landlords deliberately neglected or destroyed properties in an effort to force tenants out.

— Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
What the instructions neglected to mention was that there were two State Farm signs in the alley.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of neglected

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The firm launched about a year after Mayer was passed over as a potential successor to Bob Iger and exited the media giant.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
For generations, the series showed, white men had dominated the department, while Black and women firefighters had been ostracized and put in danger, shut out of the most desirable fire stations and passed over for promotions.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of passed over

Verb

The Ducks failed, with Tyson Ford and Jalen Woods stuffing Thomas on the one-yard line.

— Elias Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Court records show that attorneys representing Marshall repeatedly asked judges to issue arrest warrants for former patients who failed to appear in court.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026

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