overlook
verb (used with object)
to fail to notice, perceive, or consider.
have been overlooking
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present perfect progressiveof overlook.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"These companies have been overlooking and sidestepping the ethics of these things knowingly in many cases for many years," she said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 14, 2023
Perhaps we have been overlooking China’s prowess at adaptive creativity.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 28, 2022
Now companies that have been overlooking their B players may start to regret it.
From Time Magazine Archive
But as they have attempted to develop more complex quake-prediction devices, they may have been overlooking a simple one that predates man.
From Time Magazine Archive
We have been overlooking a very simple thing for a long time, just as our forefathers overlooked the usefulness of steam, being perfectly well acquainted with its expansive qualities.
From Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner by Douglass, Ellsworth
