SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
omission
noun
Something left out, or the act of failing to include or do something.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Something left out
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Usage distinction
Return to topOmission can be deliberate or accidental; oversight usually suggests an unintended failure to notice or include.
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See omission in use
The omission of the meeting date made the otherwise clear notice unusable.
When a student newsletter printed the wrong room for a poetry reading, its editor chose to acknowledge the mistake as soon as a reader contacted her. She explained that even careful editors can err, but she did not use that general truth to dismiss the inconvenience. An omission had made the problem harder to catch: the proof sheet left out the organizer's confirmation message.
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