overlook
verb (used with object)
to fail to notice, perceive, or consider.
have overlooked
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present perfectof overlook.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Yet in their rush to destroy the old guard, Weiss and Ellison have overlooked the fact that they left behind an elite corps of unemployed, highly motivated investigative journalists with nothing left to lose.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
If you’re an older saver coping with tax planning for a large, traditional IRA—or even a smaller one—you might have overlooked a useful tool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
England have overlooked spinner Shoaib Bashir for the crucial third Ashes Test against Australia in Adelaide.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
“But what they’re overlooking, what they have overlooked, is that fear isn’t the only thing that’s contagious. Courage is contagious.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025
I looked carefully over the door first, inside and out, then the walls with their brass hooks — how could they have overlooked the hooks?
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
