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overlooked

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o·ver·look  (vr-lk)
tr.v. o·ver·looked, o·ver·look·ing, o·ver·looks
1.
a. To look over or at from a higher place.
b. To rise above, especially so as to afford a view over: The tower overlooks the sea.
2.
a. To fail to notice or consider; miss.
b. To ignore deliberately or indulgently; disregard.
3. To look over; examine.
4. To watch over; oversee. See Synonyms at supervise.
n. (vr-lk)
An elevated place that affords an extensive view: a scenic overlook.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.overlookedoverlooked - not taken into account; "his retirement was not allowed to go unmarked"
unnoted, unmarked
unnoticed - not noticed; "hoped his departure had passed unnoticed"


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But, as Uncle Alec's experiment was intended to amuse the young folks, rather than suggest educational improvements for the consideration of the elders, she trusts that these shortcomings will be overlooked by the friends of the Eight Cousins, and she will try to make amends in a second volume, which shall attempt to show The Rose in Bloom.
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And, in the second place, we all overlooked the fact that such mechanical intelligence as the Martian possessed was quite able to dispense with muscular exertion at a pinch.
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The light could not have been good, though if I brought my books to the little gable window that overlooked the groaning and whistling gristmill I could see well enough.
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