pretermitted

Variant of pretermit

transitive verb pretermitted, pretermitting

  1. to leave out or leave undone; neglect or omit
  2. to let pass unnoticed; overlook

Origin: L praetermittere, to let go by < praeter- (see preter-) + mittere, to send: see mission

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