overlooked
被忽视的,忽视了的,忽视的,被忽视的问题
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Definitions
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- : to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- : to disregard or ignore indulgently, as faults or misconduct: Only a parent could overlook that kind of behavior.
- : to look over, as from a higher position: a balcony that overlooks the ballroom.
- : to afford a view over; look down or out upon: a hill overlooking the sea.
- : to rise above: The Washington Monument overlooks the tidal basin.
- : to excuse; pardon: a minor infraction we can overlook this time.
- : to look over in inspection, examination, or perusal: They allowed us to overlook the proposed contract.
- : to look after, oversee, or supervise: She has to overlook a large number of employees.
- : Archaic. to look upon with the evil eye; bewitch.
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Getting men to do their share of care and domestic work is a key overlooked strategy in reducing poverty.
Selma becomes a biopic in which the hero shines while those who worked beside him are overlooked or relegated to the sidelines.
Even worse, Asian Americans are overlooked entirely when some advocates or politicians speak about minorities.
Fiquet has been largely overlooked, if not outright disdained, by critics and art historians.
I'm not sure if archaeologists are naturally drawn to "losers"—or can we call them overlooked people?
I don't know why, unless he had some money they had overlooked and was afraid they might come back for another try at him.
If Mazaroff had not been so angry he could not have possibly overlooked so serious a slip on the part of his companion.
"I hardly know," was the novelist's reply, as in a navy serge suit he leaned near the window which overlooked the Thames.
The Committee has not overlooked the fact that in some cases this attitude may have been due to a defensive reaction.
She was seated, one evening, plying her ever active needle, at the same small window which overlooked the churchyard.