overlooked

Example Sentences

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Harry Brook is England's vice-captain, yet has been overlooked.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Adamson says that one piece of the puzzle that gets consistently overlooked is that a significant number of Americans who want children simply cannot have them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

In a perspective published in the scientific journal Biocontaminant, researchers describe free living amoebae as an overlooked public health risk that needs far more attention.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

In a town overlooked by picturesque Mount Kenya, locals are angry and afraid over their government allowing the United States to build an Ebola facility in their midst.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

He walked slowly to his food trough and sniffed to see if anything had been overlooked at lunch.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White