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Meanings of remiss in English

Failing in what duty requires.

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Usage of remiss in English
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They are not like soldiers at all; they are remiss in everything.
Oddsfish!
2
Another point in which many basemen are remiss is in backing up.
Base-Ball / How to Become a Player, With the Origin, History and...
3
I plainly saw I was too remiss; and that was my torment.
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
4
And Slow and Bideawhile might have been very remiss in their duty.
The Way We Live Now
5
Either thou sayest wrong or I have been remiss in my devotions.
The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
6
It would be remiss of me to not mention the incredible soundtrack.
The Guardian
7
It is not true that the Courts were corrupt, neglectful or remiss.
The Vigilance Committee of 1856
8
Bedient was struck with the fact that he had been singularly remiss.
Fate Knocks at the Door: A Novel
9
Clearly one of the cleaners had been remiss, leaving the door unlocked.
Complete Books of Blood
10
It would be remiss to say that their job is complete, though.
The Guardian
11
The suit accuses the district of being remiss in protecting the student.
Reuters
12
But I'd be remiss if I didn't incorporate it into this roundup.
Ebony
13
Hector now rebuked him and said, Why, Melanippus, are we thus remiss?
The Iliad
14
Giusippe and I have been both rude and remiss, haven't we, Giusippe?
The Story of Glass
15
Query as to whether the government was perhaps remiss in not resubpoenaing him.
Honor thy father
16
Be not hasty in thy tongue: and slack and remiss in thy works.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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