OVERLOOKED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overlooked mean? 

• OVERLOOKED (adjective)
  The adjective OVERLOOKED has 1 sense:

1. not taken into account

  Familiarity information: OVERLOOKED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERLOOKED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not taken into account

Synonyms:

overlooked; unmarked; unnoted

Context example:

his retirement was not allowed to go unmarked

Similar:

unnoticed (not noticed)

 Context examples 

A systematic review of source code intended to find and fix mistakes possibly overlooked in the initial development phase.

(Device Source Code Review Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

Hand washing is one of the most effective and most overlooked ways to stop disease.

(Germs and Hygiene, NIH)

Ah! then you must have overlooked it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was in the chamber of the rifle and he had overlooked it.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The daily appearance of a brougham and pair could hardly have been overlooked in such Sleepy Hollows.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By taking advantage of an energy source that has long been overlooked, Ndao said, the thermal diode could also help limit the amount of energy that gets wasted.

(Harnessing Heat to Power Computers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Mont Blanc, the supreme and magnificent Mont Blanc, raised itself from the surrounding aiguilles, and its tremendous dôme overlooked the valley.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

To think that I should have overlooked you!

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

CHAI Foundation finds and funds credentialed researchers who are under funded because their theories do not fit into the mold of current group-think or who are overlooked in favor of younger researchers.

(CHAI Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)

Soil's role is often overlooked in this type of assessment.

(Corn better used as food than biofuel, National Science Foundation)