error of omission
noun[C]
ukusamistakethat consists of not doing something you should have done, or notincludingsomething such as anamountorfactthat should beincluded:
Errors ofomissionarelikelyto be morecommonthanerrorsofcommission.
Examplesoferror of omission
error of omission
During the second half of the test, the inability for the subject to inhibit themselves is measured (errorofomission).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For a given category, the locus for anerrorofomissionis highlighted by ' ^ ', while errors of commission are italicized.
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In it there is one error of commission, oneerrorofomissionand two profound psychological blunders.
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It has been anerrorofomissionin consultation rather than an omission in intention from the agreement.
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I am afraid that there has been anerrorofomission.
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Theerrorofomissionis the failure to require the national curriculum to prepare pupils for life in a multiracial and a multicultural community.
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Sometimes there is anerrorofomission, sometimes one of commission.
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I wish to refer to anerrorofomission.
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If he has made any error, it is anerrorofomissionrather than one of commission.
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One never can tell at what point theerrorofomissionor commission will be made, upon which everything will depend.
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