IGNORED Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

ignored 1 of 2

adjective

as in rejected

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ignored

2 of 2

verb

past tense of ignore

as in disregarded

to fail to give proper attention to ignoring your health now will haunt you further down the road

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as in overlooked

to dismiss as of little importance although the movie is a cinematic tour de force, one can't ignore the fact that it seriously distorts history

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Recent Examples of ignored

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The South's military made a proposal for similar talks in November that the North ignored. — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026 Haredi groups have held public protests, and many have ignored draft notices. — Hannah Ridge, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026 The narrative on social media that Vice President JD Vance was ignored by multiple Cincinnati Bengals players at a recent team practice apparently does not reflect what actually unfolded that day, a source with knowledge of the visit told OutKick. — Ryan Morik , Preston Mizell Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Scribner’s ignored Hemingway and let Conrad use brief excerpts. — Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026 While the Super Bowl is the media-industry’s biggest annual event, the World Cup, with its weeks of game play and ability to attract audiences around the globe, is a behemoth that cannot be ignored. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026 In this storybook little village she is ostracized, acknowledged negatively by the town’s men for her fishy smell, insulted regularly when not being totally ignored. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026 For a long time, schools just ignored it because there wasn’t a clear enforcement mechanism. — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2026 The retail giant sued Perplexity, with Amazon saying the AI company had ignored its requests to stop its agent from shopping on the site. — Mia Sato, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ignored

Adjective

Investors and analysts are increasingly looking to other parts of the market, both to find neglected sources of value and to start assuming a defensive posture against a possible downturn.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Changing their environment is more reliable and more neglected.

— Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of neglected

Verb

According to the complaint, Allen agreed but later disregarded her requests to stop and instead ejaculated inside her.

— Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Portraits of young female military spotters, whose warnings about a potential attack were disregarded, mark their deaths that day.

— Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of disregarded

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The service Employees are beautiful, plentiful and delightful, with a high staff-to-resident ratio that keeps guests from feeling overlooked, although communication between departments could be better.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
One reason why the shop floor has been overlooked is because the enterprise software industry has focused most heavily on developing digital transformation solutions for corporate functions that are very similar from one company to the next.

— Naveen Poonian, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of overlooked

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Or to weather an economic emergency, or to stop modern slavery, or to combat unfair trade, or to stick it to a country that forgot to send the president a birthday gift.

— Matthew Lynn, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2026
Walking back to a hotel room and finding the bed untouched is no longer necessarily a sign that housekeeping forgot about you.

— Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of forgot

Verb

Smith also explained what would happen if a legal challenge ultimately failed, including continuity arrangements with European partners and backup copies of Microsoft’s code held in Switzerland.

— Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Longini explained that climate change is increasing mosquito populations and lengthening their active seasons, contributing to dengue’s spread globally.

— Alex DeLuca, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of explained

Adjective

Cantrell has a history of unattended or undisclosed pregnancy and childbirth and was close to delivering, according to the relative’s account, described in a police record.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
That decade’s fully automatic machines could be left unattended to rinse, spin, and drain.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of unattended

Verb

Sexton, who missed all five preseason games, was a full participant in practice Monday and did not suffer a setback, Redick said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
When working as a rural OB-GYN, Marshall sued over 700 patients, leading to 81 arrests when patients missed court dates and failed to repay their bills.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

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