Synonyms:
oversight, lapse
Meaning: a mistake resulting from inattention
Synonyms:
supervision, supervising, superintendence, oversight
Meaning: management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
Synonyms:
oversight, inadvertence
Meaning: an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
Usage examples
The point is reached in the growth of establishments where oversight cannot be as perfect and complete; the eye of the master cannot be over all.
Edison has been seen sometimes almost beside himself with anger at a stupid mistake or inexcusable oversight on the part of an assistant, his voice raised to a high pitch, sneeringly expressing his feelings of contempt for the offender; and yet when the culprit, like a bad school-boy, has left the room, Edison has immediately returned to his normal poise, and the incident is a thing of the past.