adj
Meaning 1
Missed, unnoticed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overlooked
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ʊkt
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CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 L UH2 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of overlook
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
not taken into account
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his retirement was not allowed to go unmarked
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unmarked, unnoted
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English looked English overlooked From over- + looked.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: négligé — missed out in selection, unnoticed
- French: sous-estimé — missed out in selection, unnoticed
- Māori: ngere — missed out in selection, unnoticed
- Māori: whakarapa — missed out in selection, unnoticed
- Spanish: desestimado — missed out in selection, unnoticed
Real reading context