Remiss

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lax in attending to duty; negligent.
  • adj. Exhibiting carelessness or slackness. See Synonyms at negligent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not energetic or diligent in performance; careless in performing duty or business; not complying with engagements at all, or not in due time; negligent; dilatory; slack.
  • Wanting earnestness or activity; slow; relaxed; languid.
  • Synonyms Neglectful, etc. (see negligent), careless, thoughtless, inattentive, slothful, backward, behindhand.
  • n. An act of negligence.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. failing in what duty requires
  • Equivalent
    negligent   
    Cross Reference
    remise   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    heedles    dilatory    careless    thoughtless    slothful    inattentive    negligent    neglectful    slack    tardy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bliss    Chris    Cris    Dis    Fliss    Hiss    Kris    Miss    Suisse    Swiss   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    loath    inattentive    lax    indisposed    slothful    forgetful    unobservant    infelicitous    negligent    imprudent