severe oversight
[/sɪˈvɪr ˈoʊvərˌsaɪt/]
noun phrasepl: severe oversights
falha grave / lapso severo / negligência severa
1. A serious failure to notice or take action on something important; a significant lapse in attention or management
The security team's failure to check the building was a severe oversight that could have had dangerous consequences.
A falha da equipe de segurança em verificar o prédio foi uma negligência severa que poderia ter tido consequências perigosas.
2. A major error or omission in supervision, monitoring, or control of a process or organization
It was a severe oversight that the auditors did not review the financial records more carefully.
Foi uma falha grave que os auditores não tivessem revisado os registros financeiros com mais cuidado.
In both American and Brazilian contexts, 'severe oversight' is used in formal settings such as corporate environments, legal proceedings, and journalism to describe significant failures in responsibility. In Brazil, this term is commonly used in media coverage of governmental or corporate scandals. In the USA, it appears frequently in regulatory contexts and congressional inquiries.
NYC Slang
a major screw-up / serious slip-up / major fail
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