remiss

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

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loath ·  inattentive ·  lax ·  indisposed ·  slothful ·  forgetful ·  unobservant ·  infelicitous ·  negligent ·  imprudent ·  wasteful ·  lenient
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  1. Middle English, from Latin remissus, past participle of remittere, to remit, slacken; see remit.

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  1. =Old French remis, French remis =Spanish remiso =Portuguese remisso =Italian rimesso, from Latin remissus, slack, remiss, past participle of remittere, remit, slacken, etc.: see remit.
 

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