left out
Americanadjective
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excluded or omitted.
Proofread carefully to catch typographical errors, such as repeated words or a left out quotation mark or parenthesis.
The songwriter calls it an anthem for left-out and bullied kids.
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remaining behind in an exposed, accessible, or visible place.
Raccoons love to supplement their diets with items from your trash or left-out pet food.
verb
Etymology
Origin of left out
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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The company could be left out of major indexes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Batter Breetzke has been added to the squad at the expense of Tristan Stubbs, who is left out for the second Test in Gqeberha after making scores of 32 and one in Durban.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
For decades, however, maps of the Mississippian world generally left out peninsular Florida.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Seeing my identity changed and being left out of the picture made me feel, in a way, silenced and erased.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
A lot of students are left out along the way.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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