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Definition of Oversight

1. Noun. An unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something.

2. Noun. Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group.

3. Noun. A mistake resulting from inattention.

Definition of Oversight

1. n. Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.

Definition of Oversight

1. Noun. An omission; something that is left out, missed or forgotten. ¹

2. Noun. supervision or management ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oversight

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Oversight

1. 1. Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision. 2. An overlooking; an omission; an error. 3. Escape from an overlooked peril. "His fool-happy oversight." Synonym: Superintendence, supervision, inspection, overlooking, inadvertence, neglect, mistake, error, omission. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversight

overshooting overshoots overshop overshopped overshopping overshops overshorten overshortened overshortening overshortens

overshot overshots oversick overside oversides oversight (current term) oversightly oversights oversimple oversimplification

oversimplifications oversimplified oversimplifier oversimplifiers oversimplifies oversimplify oversimplifying oversimplistic oversimplistically oversimply

Literary usage of Oversight

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Vision for a New IRS: Report of the National Commission on Restructuring the by Bob Kerry (1998)
"First, the Commission recommends more coordinated congressional oversight, so that the IRS receives clear and consistent direction from Congress. ..."

2. How Our Laws Are Made by Charles W. Johnson (1999)
"LEGISLATIVE oversight BY STANDING COMMITTEES Each standing committee, other than the Committees on Appropriations and on the Budget, is required to review ..."

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