Meanings
overlooked1
adjectiveoverlooked (comparative more overlooked, superlative most overlooked)
comparative more overlooked · superlative most overlooked
- Missed, unnoticed.
Jealousy: It's all the feelings that come over you when you think you're being overlooked by others. It comes from inside, from your insecurities and fears—fear of loss, fear of betrayal, and fear of hurt.
2021, Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan, “What is... jealousy?”, in Let's Talk About It, →ISBN, page 189
overlooked2
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of overlook
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishlooked
- Englishoverlooked
Translations
French négligé, sous-estimé
- négligémissed out in selection, unnoticed
- sous-estimémissed out in selection, unnoticed
Māori ngere, whakarapa
- ngeremissed out in selection, unnoticed
- whakarapamissed out in selection, unnoticed
Spanish desestimado
- desestimadomissed out in selection, unnoticed
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with overlooked
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APA
overlooked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlooked
MLA
“overlooked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlooked. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overlooked,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlooked.
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