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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 Translations n oversight [ˈəuvəsait] a failure to notice Due to an oversight, we have not paid the bill. fout, nalatigheid غَلْطَةُ نتيجَة السَّهْو пропуск přehlédnutí forglemmelse das Versehen απροσεξία, αμέλεια descuido tähelepanematus غفلت epähuomio inadvertance, oubli הֵיסָח הַדַעַת देखने या ध्यान देने में चूक करना previd elnézés kegagalan memperhatikan yfirsjón svista 見落とし 간과, 빠뜨림 neapsižiūrėjimas pārskatīšanās kesilapan onoplettendheid forglemmelse, uaktsomhet przeoczenie descuido omisiune, neglijenţă недосмотр prehliadnutie spregled previd förbiseende ความผิดพลาดเพราะละเลยหรือไม่สังเกต gözden kaçırma, dikkatsizlik 疏忽 недогляд, необачність غلطي، سہو quên, bỏ sót 疏忽 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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