overlookable

Not worth noticing

Overlookable describes something easy to miss or ignore—minor enough that it might escape notice or be dismissed without consequence.

A small error in a document may be overlookable; a major flaw is not.

The typo was overlookable, but the factual error wasn't.

The word implies a judgment that something doesn't warrant attention.

negligible

trivial

Lacking significance or weight

inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
unimportantLacking significance or weight
insignificantLacking importance or consequence

trifling · minor · slight · marginal · peripheral · secondary · insubstantial · petty · paltry · nominal

dismissible

ignorable

Able to disregard

dispensableAble to be sacrificed
unnecessaryNot essential or required
nonessentialNot required or needed

superfluous · extraneous · inessential · expendable · skippable · omissible · unneeded · optional · irrelevant · immaterial

unnoticeable

imperceptible

Cannot be sensed

invisibleCannot be seen
undetectableImpossible to notice
hiddenKept out of sight

obscure · inconspicuous · subtle · faint · indistinct · camouflaged · unseen · unobtrusive · missable · unremarkable

forgivable

pardonable

Warranting forgiveness

excusableWarranting forgiveness
condonableAble to be pardoned
absolvableAble to be pardoned

venial · remissible · tolerable · understandable · minor · allowable · defensible · justifiable · warrantable · blameless

Opposites

noticeability

overlookableunmissable

Impossible to overlook

glaring · obvious · conspicuous · eye-catching · striking

significance/importance

overlookablecrucial

Of supreme importance

critical · essential · significant · vital · consequential

Family

overlook, overlooked, overlooking, overlooks

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G