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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
overlooked
    adj 1: not taken into account; "his retirement was not allowed
           to go unmarked" [syn: overlooked, unmarked,
           unnoted]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Overlook \O`ver*look"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overlooked; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Overlooking.]
   1. To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to
      look over or view from a higher position; to be situated
      above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a
      valley from a hill; a hotel room that overlooks the
      marketplace. "The pile o'erlooked the town." --Dryden.
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            [Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe
      secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook
      one who is writing a letter.
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   3. To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or
      repeatedly. "Overlook this pedigree." --Shak.
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            The time and care that are required
            To overlook and file and polish well. --Roscommon.
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   4. To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon;
      to fascinate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Shak.
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            If you trouble me I will overlook you, and then your
            pigs will die.                        --C. Kingsley.
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   5. To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to
      miss or omit in looking; to fail to notice; to fail to
      observe; as, to overlook a mistake in addition; to
      overlook a missing bolt.
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   6. Hence: To refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon;
      to disregard or deliberately ignore; to pass over without
      censure or punishment; to excuse or pardon (a fault,
      error, or misdeed).
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            The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked.
                                                  --Acts xvii.
                                                  30 (Rev. Ver.
                                                  )
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            They overlook truth in the judgments they pass.
                                                  --Atterbury.
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            The pardoning and overlooking of faults. --Addison.
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Thesaurus Results for overlooked:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abandoned, absolved, acquitted, blotted, canceled, condoned, deserted, disregarded, exculpated, excused, exonerated, forgiven, forgotten, half-done, ignored, indulged, laid aside, left undone, missed, neglected, omitted, pardoned, passed by, passed over, passed up, pigeonholed, put aside, redeemed, remitted, reprieved, shriven, shunted, sidelined, sidetracked, slighted, spared, unasked, unattended to, unavenged, uncared-for, unchaperoned, uncondemned, unconsidered, undone, unregarded, unresented, unrevenged, unsolicited, untended, unwatched, wiped away
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