pretermitted

verb

past tense of pretermit
as in omitted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pretermitted
  1. omitted
  2. ignored
  3. disregarded
  4. neglected
  5. passed over
  6. failed
Verb
  • Despite telling police definitively that she had been raped, the report Ithaca police sent to the district attorney omitted this language.
    — Kaitlyn M. Sims, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten has said Cornell police omitted key information that could have affected his decision whether or not to pursue criminal charges.
    — Hallie Golden, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of omitted
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  • Our guide to the warning signs of identity theft explains other clues that should not be ignored.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Hughes said that what union members and retirees want is to be heard after feeling ignored by politicians.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of ignored
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  • According to the report, the two commissioners questioned the legality of some of the decisions, but Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar disregarded their objections.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Problems also arise, agents say, when a community’s history is disregarded.
    — Emily Hochberg, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of disregarded
Verb
  • Los Sures Executive Director Juan Ramos said some landlords deliberately neglected or destroyed properties in an effort to force tenants out.
    — Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • What the instructions neglected to mention was that there were two State Farm signs in the alley.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of neglected
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  • If Waldron’s future role at Goldman Sachs appears to be a near certainty, that’s not the case for the rest of the bank’s C-suite, especially if several top executives depart after being passed over.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The Speaker claims that the House has passed over 900 pieces of legislation, 700 of which remain stuck in the Senate.
    — Don Wolfensberger, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of passed over
Verb
  • But this bill has failed in both 2025 and 2026 to pass in Congress.
    — Kent Sepkowitz, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The drone bill has a detailed history as it was passed by the Senate in 2024 but failed on the final night of the legislative session when the state House of Representatives never voted on the measure as time expired.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of failed
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“Pretermitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pretermitted. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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