TUNED OUT Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

tuned out

verb

past tense of tune out

as in passed over

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The fact that she was passed over for a promotion by the genial yet unimpressive Baasu (Kunal Dudheker) is not revelatory — women often face these kinds of rejections where qualifications are no substitute for hierarchical comfort.

— David John Chávez, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
They had just gotten passed over for coverage by a reporter who had covered their space for years at a major publication.

— Parry Headrick, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of passed over

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The remarks struck a nerve in a country grappling with persistently high youth unemployment and quickly became a rallying cry for a generation that says it feels ignored by those in power.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
There's another trendline as well — patients who delay coming in until their symptoms are so severe they can't be ignored.

— Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 25 July 2026

Definition of ignored

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Senate Bill 968, signed into law by the governor, disregarded the 2028 sunset date for the Free College pilot program.

— Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 19 July 2026
People in rural communities in many states — Illinois and Colorado, plus California and others — do not just think their voices are being disregarded.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Definition of disregarded

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The album that followed a couple of years later has become such an enormous phenomenon, one that somehow grows more beloved with each passing decade, that the impact of 1975’s Fleetwood Mac has been somewhat overlooked.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026
The book advocates for rigorously assessing the spatial needs of all modes, including pedestrians, who are frequently overlooked.

— Laurie Winkless, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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