overlooked

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Creative industries Minster Ian Murray said the value of video games to the British economy "has been overlooked" for too long, and the government had "thrown its full support behind the sector".

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Market strategists and economists have written off Europe’s economic potential and underweighted or overlooked its equities for decades.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

One particular development last week has been largely overlooked but demonstrates the depth of the dangers ahead.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

It is designed to reduce false positives, even if that means some life-bearing planets are overlooked.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Indeed, it has been generally overlooked: there is not a single citation of it in Google Scholar, or in Thomson Reuters Web of Science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton