underlook

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English underloken (“look up at? be suspicious of?”), equivalent to under- +‎ look. === Pronunciation === (noun) (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʌndɚlʊk/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʌndəlʊk/ (verb) (General American) IPA(key): /ʌndɚˈlʊk/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʌndəˈlʊk/ === Noun === underlook (plural underlooks) (rare) A concealed or oblique glance. === Verb === underlook (third-person singular simple present underlooks, present participle underlooking, simple past and past participle underlooked) (transitive, rare) To look up at from below; to inspect from underneath. 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"). ==== Antonyms ==== overlook