overlooked

1. 1.

   not taken into account

   “his retirement was not allowed to go unmarked”

   Synonymsunmarkedunnoted

   Similarunnoticed

Questions about overlooked

What does overlooked mean?

overlooked means "not taken into account".

How many syllables are in overlooked?

overlooked has 3 syllables: over-loo-ked. The stress falls on "over". In IPA it is /ˈoʊvɚˌlʊkt/.

What is another word for overlooked?

Close synonyms include unmarked, unnoted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is overlooked a common word?

overlooked is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.