overlooked
v.v. to fail to notice something or to ignore it, sometimes on purpose. You use this when someone misses a detail or chooses not to punish a small mistake.
v. to fail to notice, perceive, or consider; to disregard or ignore deliberately. Transitive — requires a direct object.
The manager overlooked a small mistake in the report.
The committee decided to overlook his lack of experience because his portfolio was so impressive.
While the architect's plan was visually stunning, he had overlooked several critical safety regulations that eventually forced a complete redesign of the building's foundation.
From over- + looked.
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object. It can also mean to provide a view from above, though the 'ignore' sense is more common in general testing.
He was overlooked of the errorHe overlooked the errorOverlook is a transitive verb; it does not take a preposition like 'of' before the object.