oversight
/ˈoʊvɚˌsaɪt/noun3 syllables
Oversight means: management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group.
Synonyms for oversight5
noun, as in management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
noun, as in an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
inadvertence
noun, as in a mistake resulting from inattention
What does oversight mean?3
noun
1
management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
2
an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
3
a mistake resulting from inattention
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Oversight in a sentence
- I suspect that there was an oversight in the examination.unknown
- Algeria's corrupt officials dipped into the country's petrodollars without parliamentary oversight.Amastan
- Bouteflika initiated many costly projects with little oversight.Amastan
- Bouteflika's projects were big and prestigious but they were initiated with little oversight.Amastan
- If the delay is simply an oversight, will you please take care of it at once?CK
- I'm sorry, it was an oversight.Nuel
- There is big oversight in that plan.unknown
- Maybe it was just an oversight.CK
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of oversight
as a noun
- plural
- oversights