Meaning & use

omitted

verb·Academic

Left out or failed to include something, whether deliberately or by accident.

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The witness admitted she had omitted an important detail from her first statement.

His name was accidentally omitted from the list of award winners.

A note on using this word

Omitted is the past tense of 'omit' and often implies something was missing that should normally be present.

Words with a similar meaning

excludedleft out

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