ignored
Given no attention
Ignored is the past tense of ignore—to deliberately pay no attention to something or someone.
What's ignored may be a person She ignored him at the party, a fact He ignored the warning signs, or a rule They ignored the speed limit.
Being ignored often carries a sting: to ignore someone is to treat them as unworthy of notice.
Refused or turned away
- disregardedNot given consideration
- brushed offCurtly dismissed or ignored
- snubbedIntentionally disregarded
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
spurned · rebuffed · discounted · written off · tuned out · unheeded · slighted · cold-shouldered
Not noticed or considered
- unrememberedNot kept in mind
- fadedLost original color
- lostUnable to navigate
- neglectedNot given proper attention
abandoned · erased · lapsed · bygone · obsolete · antiquated · outdated · superseded
Not perceived visually
- unnoticedNot perceived by anyone
- undetectedNot discovered yet
- hiddenKept out of sight
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
transparent · imperceptible · ghosted · unobserved · camouflaged · veiled · stealthy · unobtrusive
Rated below true worth
- underestimatedMisjudged as inferior
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- sidelinedRemoved from participation
- overshadowedSurpassed and diminished
underappreciated · taken for granted · unattended · untended · left out · omitted · skipped · passed by
Lacking significance or weight
- minorScale with lowered third
- unimportantLacking significance or weight
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- negligibleToo small to consider
trifling · petty · irrelevant · immaterial · peripheral · secondary · incidental · expendable
rejected
Refused or turned away
- disregardedNot given consideration
- brushed offCurtly dismissed or ignored
- snubbedIntentionally disregarded
shunned · spurned · rebuffed · discounted · written off · tuned out · unheeded · slighted · cold-shouldered · waved away
overlooked
Not noticed or considered
- unrememberedNot kept in mind
- fadedLost original color
- lostUnable to navigate
neglected · abandoned · erased · lapsed · bygone · obsolete · antiquated · outdated · superseded · discarded
unseen
Not perceived visually
- unnoticedNot perceived by anyone
- undetectedNot discovered yet
- hiddenKept out of sight
obscured · transparent · imperceptible · ghosted · unobserved · camouflaged · veiled · stealthy · unobtrusive · shadowy
undervalued
Rated below true worth
- underestimatedMisjudged as inferior
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- sidelinedRemoved from participation
overshadowed · underappreciated · taken for granted · unattended · untended · left out · omitted · skipped · passed by · glossed over
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- minorScale with lowered third
- unimportantLacking significance or weight
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
negligible · trifling · petty · irrelevant · immaterial · peripheral · secondary · incidental · expendable · nonessential
- overlookedoverlooked, unnoticed, forgotten, neglected, unrecognized
- Self-Pitywoe is me, why me, nobody cares, story of my life, taken for granted
- Social rejectionrejection, exclusion, ostracism, snubbed, shunned
- neglectneglect, neglected, abandonment, carelessness, disregard
- miscommunicationmix-up, mixed signals, confusion, mixed messages, crossed wires
- sidelinedbenched, shelved, sidetracked, put on hold, on hold
ignorednoticed
Became aware of
paid attention to · observed · seen · perceived · noted
ignoredacknowledged
Accepted as true
heeded · answered · addressed · taken seriously · considered
ignoredcherished
Held dear, prized
appreciated · valued · treasured · prized · celebrated
- ignorance is blissNot knowing protects happiness
- blissful ignorance
- willful ignorancePurposely remaining uninformed
- ignored warningsNotices not acted upon
- willfully ignorant
- feign ignoranceFake lack of knowledge
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