left out
119
3.6
- idiom
- /lɛft aʊt/
:
excluido
- She felt left out when all her friends went to the party without her.
- feel left out
- people are left out
- children are left out
So it was mostly just me feeling left out and possessive.
- So it was mostly just me feeling left out and possessive.
- And I feel, you know, left out of the crowd because I'm not doing this.
- In America, we do get left out of group chats.
- And he's, oh, I wonder if there's anyone left out of the House of Seoul.
- So it's kind of like a teenager that gets left out there and with no guidance.
- If I was a little girl, I would feel really left out of this book.
- This is what devastates humans to be left out, right?
- Because we're afraid that they will then be left out, and they're afraid of being left out.
- All of that would be left out of this would be excluded.
- So the But this is somehow left out of account.
- And I think the interesting parts are often left out.
Examples
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Because you know what it feels like to be left out.
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If they are not part of a larger system, they feel left out in the cold.
Academic text (1996) -
People had great fear of being left out of the real estate market.
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Yeah, so no one felt left out.
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I know you feel left out.
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Are you feeling left out, Mac?
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In the early stages, team members may feel frustrated, left out, or in conflict with others.
Academic text (1996) -
In America, we do get left out of group chats.
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I wish I just didn't feel so left out.
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At first, Libby had felt left out, but then she felt guilty.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
78
4.2
Feeling separated from other people and having little contact
63
3.5
Feeling uncomfortable because you do not belong in a place or situation
30
5.1
Not involved in or told about a situation
19
7.2
Feeling left out of a group or activity
16
7.4
Left out by a group of people
1
8.1
Feeling left out and watching others take part
Feeling alone and not part of a group or society
Not given proper attention and often ignored by others
Antonyms
How Included
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'feeling excluded' is directly derivable from combining 'left' (past of 'leave', implying someone/something was removed or not included) with 'out' (meaning excluded or external), following a common English verb + particle composition. This compositional pattern is frequent and cross-linguistically plausible, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will very likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Left out comes from a simple image: someone is left standing out of a group, like being kept outside a room or a game. That's why it means 'not included' or 'feeling alone'.