remiss
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 6
Definition of remiss
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.
“It would be remiss of me, in my duties, if I did not give credit where credit was due.”
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adj
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(not-comparable)At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.
“It would be remiss of me, in my duties, if I did not give credit where credit was due.”
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(not-comparable)Not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless; tardy; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.
“Thou never waſt remiſs, I bear thee witneſs:”
“Its motion becomes more languid and remiss.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English remisse, remysse, from Latin remissus (“languid, negligent”), perfect passive participle of remittō (“remit”).
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