Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An unintentional omission or mistake.
- noun Watchful care or management; supervision.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Superintendence; inspection; watchful care.
- noun A mistake of inadvertence; an overlooking; omission; error.
- noun Synonyms Supervision, inspection, control, direction, management, charge.
- noun Inadvertence, etc. (see
negligence ), mistake, blunder, slip.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.
- noun An overlooking; an omission; an error.
- noun rare Escape from an overlooked peril.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
omission ; something that is left out,missed orforgotten . - noun
supervision ormanagement
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
- noun a mistake resulting from inattention
- noun an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
Etymologies
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Examples
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In Britain oversight is performed both by members of Parliament and by judges.
Britain's MI6 operates a bit differently than CIA Walter Pincus 2010
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Persisting in this oversight is a prescription for a degree of misery, social and political instability, and conflict in the twenty-first century that no amount of effort at arms control and crisis management will be able to contain.
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But this kind of oversight is not required for new, unorthodox surgical procedures.
A New Way to Be Mad 2000
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But this kind of oversight is not required for new, unorthodox surgical procedures.
A New Way to Be Mad 2000
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I think the Republicans have been far more successful in promoting the general idea that less oversight is (usually) better, and that the free market will result in better solutions.
The Volokh Conspiracy » If you like the BP spill, you’ll love cyberwar 2010
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The lack of court oversight is the problem, as the prosecutor is essentially free to create conditions or “education programs” (which in a criminal justice context has a frightening ring to it) that meet his personal ends.
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And he's confident that the changes being made in oversight of banks and Wall Street should prevent another crisis such as the one that hit financial markets a year ago.
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Whether civic oversight is important, and the kind and extend of such oversight, must be determined by the natures of the societies.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Could Students Be Suspended for “Beat the Jew” Game 2010
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They have to be controlled and a strong oversight is need for both of them. shmeckel
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Let's be honest, though; the GOP geniuses are going to be sifting through the expenditures looking for $500 toilet seats or whatever, so I suppose extreme oversight is a good idea (I mean, we all know how important government oversight is to Republicans, cough, cough).
qroqqa commented on the word oversight
Perilously close to an autantonym: the two opposing meanings are equally old, going back to the 1400s.
March 26, 2009