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Meaning of overlooked

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

overlooked

verb

Definitions

  1. To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.

    Example: Our hotel room overlooks the lake.

  2. To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.

    Example: These errors were overlooked by the proofreaders.

    Synonyms:misheed
  3. To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.

    Example: I’m not willing to overlook such bad behaviour.

    Synonyms:take no notice of
  4. To look down upon (something) from a place that is over or above.

    Example: to overlook a valley from a hill

adjective

Definitions

  1. Missed, unnoticed.