underlooking

Verb

underlook (third-person singular simple present underlooks, present participle underlooking, simple past and past participle underlooked)

1. (rare, transitive) To look up at from below; to inspect from underneath.
   • They would be Shepherds and feed his Sheep, and anoint them for the Scab, and underlook them.1682, Edmund Hickeringill, The black Non-Conformist, discover'd, iii, 14
2. (rare, transitive) To fail to notice or give due importance to, especially because one is notionally looking too low (found in complement with overlook, as if it meant "to fail to notice because one is looking too high").
   • Existing review research has focused on specific terms, underlooking important developments in the area.2020, Vera Ferreira et al., “Stakeholders' Engagement on Nature-Based Solutions: A Systematic Literature Review”, in Sustainability, volume 12, number 620, page 19

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