oversight

noun/ˈoʊvərˌsaɪt/

Frequency rank: #5,184 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a mistake made by failing to notice or do something; also, the action of supervising something.

Illustration for the English word “oversight”

Example sentence

The error occurred due to oversight on the part of the project manager.

Synonyms & related words

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