overlooked

verb

Definition of overlookednext
past tense of overlook
1
as in dominated
to look down on the fortress overlooks the city

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2
as in ignored
to fail to give proper attention to you've overlooked your chores again this week

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3
as in handled
to be in charge of you'll be asked to overlook larger projects in the future

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4
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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5
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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6
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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7
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 Synonyms for overlooked
  1. dominated
  2. ignored
  3. possessed
  4. managed
  5. supervised
  6. examined
  7. oversaw
  8. operated
Verb
  • On the streaming front, Netflix and Prime Video dominated the series rankings with three titles each.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The 20-month-old war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been turning increasingly bloody as ceasefire efforts have stalled, and crises elsewhere have dominated world attention.
    Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of dominated
Verb
  • For organizations accepting, storing, transmitting or processing payment card data (regardless of size or number of transactions), the clock is ticking down on a deadline that cannot be ignored.
    Rui Ribeiro, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • For nearly four decades, Enzo Ferrari and his company had worshipped at the temple of natural aspiration, but the turbo’s potential could no longer be ignored.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of ignored
Verb
  • The most recent entry, Evil Dead Rise, stars Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland as two sisters trapped in a high-rise apartment as their family is possessed by supernatural terrors.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The film was way ahead of its time with Fox as a demon possessed it girl, seducing and devouring mainly men.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of possessed
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  • Prior to that, Dylan was managed for brief periods by Terry Thal and Kevin Krown.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Fresno State managed only 20 points in the second half.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of managed
Verb
  • This time, proceedings were supervised (in part) by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase.
    Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Memphis police never adopted policies and procedures to direct the unit, despite alarms that it was minimally supervised, according to the Justice Department report.
    Adrian Sainz, Jonathan Mattise, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of supervised
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  • Experts examined the needles using mass spectrometry, which measures molecules’ mass-to-charge ratio, and an imaging technique called micro-CT scanning.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The researchers examined twelve ancient pottery fragments from the Shangshan site, dating back to 10,000-9000 BP in the Neolithic period.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of examined
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  • The collapse of Assad's government ended a 24-year reign that oversaw Syria's slide into brutal civil war in 2011.
    Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Assad oversaw Syria's slide into brutal civil war in 2011.
    Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of oversaw
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  • The French Rafale fighter jets and the Italian Eurofighter aircraft are operated out of Šiauliai air base in Lithuania.
    Ryan Chan, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In 2021, the California Department of Motor Vehicles gave Cruise a permit for driverless taxis, many of which operated in San Francisco.
    Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of operated
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