left out

American

[left out] / ˈlɛft ˈaʊt /

Or left-out

adjective

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.
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.

left out, the simple past tense and past participle of verb phrase leave out.

First recorded in 1870–75

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left out

The disruption took days to completely resolve because of the number of planes and crew left out of place.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Much was left out in the original adaptations of the novels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Portuguese-speaking Brazil, the region's largest market for Meta's platforms, was left out.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

My remembrances of Dave Marsh aren’t special or unique, and I’ve left out so much.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

I thought of Aziz and wondered what horrible thing she’d left out of her story.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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