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remiss
/ ɪˈɪ /
adjective
- lacking in care or attention to duty; negligent
- lacking in energy; dilatory
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
- ˈ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ·l adverb
- ·n noun
- v·· adjective
- over··l adverb
- over··n noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of remiss1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
It would be remiss not to say I wish I had got to world number one, but that wasn't in my path.
When is the last time you’ve heard a college kid use the word “remiss?”
While she feels its important not be "remiss of the feelings" of families in the Ross of Mull, she has concerns about the impact on the village she has called home all her life.
Shawnee Smith in "Saw" However, we’d be remiss if we didn’t consider the “Saw” movies, which sit at the other end of Perkins’ spectrum of pastiche.
The lawyer put it to Esther Davidson that if the allegations about patient safety concerns were true then it was "seriously remiss" of Dr Upton not to have reported them at the time.
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