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un⋅looked

[uhn-lookt]
–adjective
not examined, investigated, or heeded (usually fol. by into, on, or at): a crime that remains unlooked into.

Origin:
1250–1300 for earlier sense; 1555–65 for current sense; ME: neglected; see un- 1 , look, -ed 2
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unlooked 
c.1300, "not attended to, neglected," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of look. With for, "unexpected," attested from 1535.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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