Remiss
[rɪ'mɪs]
Definition
(a.) Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.
(n.) The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Slack, dilatory, slow, backward, behindhand.[2]. Inattentive, negligent, careless, thoughtless, heedless, neglectful, lax.
Checker: Mattie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Slack, careless, negligent, i_attentive, wanting, flow, slothful, idle, lax,dilatory, tardy, remissful
ANT:Energetic, careful, attentive, active, assiduous, alert, painstaking, diligent,strict
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Definition
adj. remitting in attention &c.: negligent: not punctual: slack: not vigorous.—adj. Remiss′ful tending to remit or forgive: lenient.—n. Remissibil′ity.—adj. Remiss′ible that may be remitted or pardoned.—n. Remis′sion slackening: abatement: relinquishment of a claim: release: pardon: remission of sins: the forgiveness of sins.—adj. Remiss′ive remitting: forgiving.—adv. Remiss′ly.—n. Remiss′ness.—adj. Remiss′ory pertaining to remission.
Editor: Terence
Examples
- Remiss in anything, my dear! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Don't it make him, perhaps, a little more remiss than usual in his visits to his blindly-doting--eh? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr. Rushworth is never remiss. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She had been often remiss, her conscience told her so; remiss, perhaps, more in thought than fact; scornful, ungracious. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I don't think he'll find that I have been very remiss or confused in my way of conducting them; but that's for him to say--whoever he is--not for me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- That he might not be remiss in his part of the engagement, he resolved to wait full two hours, on this third and last night. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Have I been remiss in anything? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Not to wait upon a bride is very remiss. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You have been very remiss in not coming to me sooner, said he, severely. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Terence