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left out

[left out] / ˈlɛft ˈaʊt /
ADJECTIVE
forgotten
Synonyms
STRONG
abandoned buried erased gone lapsed lost obliterated omitted repressed suppressed
WEAK
blanked out blotted out blown over bygone clean forgot consigned to oblivion disremembered drew a blank fell between the cracks left behind past past recollection slipped one's mind unrecalled unremembered
Antonyms
STRONG
existing
WEAK
recalled recollected remembered
ADJECTIVE
missing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
away lost removed
STRONG
disappeared lacking mislaid misplaced omitted short wanting
WEAK
AWOL astray left behind not present nowhere to be found unaccounted for
Antonyms
STRONG
adequate enough sufficient
WEAK
found here present
ADJECTIVE
omitted
Synonyms
STRONG
absent deleted erased expunged forgotten missing neglected overlooked precluded
Antonyms
STRONG
present
ADJECTIVE
overlooked
Synonyms
STRONGEST
forgotten neglected unnoticed
STRONG
excluded missing omitted
ADVERB
without
Synonyms
WEAK
after beyond externally on the outside out out-of-doors outdoors outwardly past
Antonyms
WEAK
inside

Example Sentences

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Those who have been left out are losing patience.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

In May, Gibbs-White was left out of Tuchel's 35-man England squad for the friendlies against Japan and Uruguay.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

The names left out of the Pentagon’s network of AI vendors may be more significant than those included.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

“The retail money is going into tech stocks; it’s going into high-beta stocks. Bitcoin is being left out of the mix.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

But even before we got out of Cold Sassy good, I felt left out.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns