Meaning & use
Overlooked
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Failed to notice or consider something, often by accident.
See it in a sentence
The error was overlooked during the final review and made it into print.
Their small talents are often overlooked in favor of flashier performers.
A note on using this word
Can also mean the opposite in a literal sense—'a room that overlooks the garden'—showing how context shifts its meaning from 'missed' to 'has a view of.'
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Words with an opposite meaning
noticedspotted
Another way to use it
2. verb
Had a view of something from a higher position.
The balcony overlooked the harbor.
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