ignored

/ɪɡˈnɔːrd/

deliberately paid no attention

She felt invisible when her ideas were ignored in the meeting.

She felt unseen because no one listened to her suggestions.

general

to refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; to disregard intentionally

He ignored her repeated requests for help.

He chose not to respond to her many asks for assistance.

Implies a conscious choice to exclude or dismiss.

Business

formal

to fail to consider or include in a calculation or assessment

The initial report ignored the potential risks.

The first document failed to account for possible dangers.

Often used in analytical or professional contexts.

Collocations

completely ignoredtotally disregardedignore the rulesdisregard regulationsfeel ignoredfeel neglected or unseen

Use 'ignored' when someone deliberately chooses not to pay attention. Use 'overlooked' if they missed it by mistake.

From Old French 'ignorant' (unaware), from Latin 'ignorare' (to be unaware of), from 'in-' (not) + 'gnarus' (knowing).

Often confused with 'overlooked'. 'Ignored' implies intent; 'overlooked' implies accident.

ign-

not

prefix

-or-

know

root

-ed

past tense marker

suffix

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