Meaning & use
oversight
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the act of watching over and managing something, or an unintentional mistake caused by not noticing something
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The committee provides oversight of how the funds are spent.
Forgetting to attach the file was a simple oversight, not a refusal to send it.
A note on using this word
Confusingly, 'oversight' has almost opposite senses: careful supervision on one hand, and a careless mistake on the other. Context makes clear which is meant.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
negligence
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