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oversight Noun a mistake caused by not noticing something
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oversight noun 1. mistake, error, slip, fault, misunderstanding, blunder, lapse, omission, boob Brit. (slang) gaffe, slip-up (informal) delinquency, inaccuracy, carelessness, howler (informal) goof (informal) bloomer Brit. (informal) clanger (informal) miscalculation, error of judgment, faux pas, inattention, laxity, boo-boo (informal) erratum, barry or Barry Crocker Austral. (slang) noun 2. supervision, keeping, control, charge, care, management, handling, administration, direction, custody, stewardship, superintendence |
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I mean no disparagement to the excellent voyager (I honor him for a veteran), but in so important a matter it was certainly an oversight not to have procured for every crystal a sworn affidavit taken before a Greenland Justice of the Peace. Thoroughgood, for that was the name of my benefactor, gave orders that I should have hay and oats every night and morning, and the run of the meadow during the day, and, "you, Willie," said he, "must take the oversight of him; I give him in charge to you. By some extraordinary oversight, Miss Bygrave had been left, on the eve of her marriage, unprovided with a maid. |
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