English-French translations for oversight

• bévue
• contrôle
  Il y a un manque total de contrôle démocratique. Democratic oversight is completely lacking.
  Ce sont des projets politiques qui doivent faire l'objet d'un contrôle politique. These are political projects, they need political oversight.
  Cela ne peut être rectifié ultérieurement par des mécanismes de surveillance et de contrôle. This cannot be rectified ex post by mechanisms of oversight and control.
• oubli
  Voilà un oubli que je ne comprends franchement pas. This seems to me to be an extraordinary oversight.
  Je voudrais aussi réparer un oubli, ce matin. I would also like to correct an oversight this morning.
  Il s'agit d'un oubli lors du vote au sein de la commission. It was due to an oversight during the vote in committee.

Definition of oversight

• An omission; something that is left out, missed or forgotten
• Supervision or management
• Overview
• To oversee; to supervise

Examples

• A small oversight at this stage can lead to big problems later
• The bureaucracy was subject to government oversight

Related words

• controversial
• extroversion
• introversion
• oversized
• oversimplify
• oversimplification
• oversize
• uncontroversial
• controversialist