Oversight and Slight

Oversight

Oversight noun - The act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something.

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Slight and oversight are semantically related in care for topic. In some cases you can use "Slight" instead a noun "Oversight".

Nearby Word: overseer

Slight noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.

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Oversight and slight are semantically related in care for topic. Sometimes you can use "Oversight" instead a noun "Slight".

particular	particular oversight	particular slight
small	small oversight	small slight
huge	huge oversight	huge slight
possible	possible oversight	possible slight
Other adjectives: minor, tiniest.

When the machine does fail, it's only due to a slight, easily repaired oversight, yet the professor sees the error of his ways anyway and dismantles the machine.

Source: Subverted Suspicion Aesop
However, in a stunning lack of oversight, the banned license plate made it back through the Virginia DMV's censorship board with only a slight modification◊...

Source: Bloody Handprint
Who knows why the device won't work for guys, a slight technical oversight perhaps, maybe because it runs on certain sources of energy?

Source: Girl Powered

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