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Old 15-Oct-2006, 11:39
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His oversight of the project was credited with its success. (careful management)
The project's failure was blamed on several oversights. (careless mistake)
This is an interesting one. The verbs related to this antagonym are not antagonyms:

Although I oversee the project, I sometimes overlook a few details.


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"Appropriate", Lenka, rather than "convenient" . If it was inconvenient, we'd be annoyed or upset, or made to do something we didn't want to.

Can I speak to you now, or would it be more convenient if I came back later?

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I don't think it's appropriate for you to use that tone of voice.
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