Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overlooked

/ˈoʊvɚlˌʊkt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
over-looked
IPA
/ˈoʊvɚlˌʊkt/
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Missed, unnoticed.

verb

simple past and past participle of overlook

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English looked English overlooked From over- + looked.

Inflected Forms

more overlooked (comparative) most overlooked (superlative)

Derived Forms

unoverlooked

Synonyms

unmarked unnoted

Rhymes With

looked cooked booked hooked crooked uncooked overcooked undercooked precooked

Questions

How do you pronounce overlooked?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊvɚlˌʊkt/.
What does overlooked mean?
Missed, unnoticed.
Where does overlooked come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English looked English overlooked From over- + looked.

How to pronounce overlooked

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