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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Lax in attending to duty; negligent.
  2. adj. Exhibiting carelessness or slackness. See Synonyms at negligent.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. 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.
  2. Wanting earnestness or activity; slow; relaxed; languid.
  3. Synonyms Neglectful, etc. (see negligent), careless, thoughtless, inattentive, slothful, backward, behindhand.
  4. n. An act of negligence.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. 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.
  2. n. obsolete The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. failing in what duty requires

Etymologies

  1. Middle English, from Latin remissus, past participle of remittere, to remit, slacken; see remit. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • biocon In addition, remiss means 1. (of a condition, disease, etc.): not intense or strong; moderate, mild; 2. (of degree): moderate, low, slight; lesser (OED). Apr 27, 2012

  • thenike5 v. Negligent in attending to a task; lax in the performance of duty

    I fired Fritz because he was remiss in his duties; he never cleaned the bathrooms and he always forgot to lock the door when he left. May 21, 2009

  • Prolagus Song quotation on stall. Nov 26, 2008

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