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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He was left out of De Zerbi's Premier League squad after a proposed deadline-day return to former club Everton collapsed.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Much was left out in the original adaptations of the novels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
He said the Netflix documentary left out many of these key life details.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Portuguese-speaking Brazil, the region's largest market for Meta's platforms, was left out.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Stone said she didn’t care about being left out of the book; she didn’t want Stanton writing her history anyway.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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