hindsight
noun /ˈhaɪndsaɪt/
/ˈhaɪndsaɪt/
[uncountable]- the understanding that you have of a situation only after it has happened and that means you would have done things in a different way
- with hindsight With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him.
- in hindsight What looks obvious in hindsight was not at all obvious at the time.
- It's easy to criticize with the benefit of hindsight.
Extra Examples- It is easy to criticize others when you have the benefit of hindsight.
- Their first idea was deemed, in hindsight, a mistake.
- This all seems obvious with hindsight.
Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition- in hindsight
- with hindsight
- hindsight is a wonderful thing
- (with) the advantage of hindsight
- (with) the benefit of hindsight
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