remiss
/ɹəˈmɪs/
remiss adjective: at fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.
Adjective
remiss (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.
- Synonyms:
- at fault, blameworthy, lash, lax, negligent, reprehensible, censurable, culpable, guilty, nocent
- 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:1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 21, line 240
- Its motion becomes more languid and remiss.1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- delinquent, careless, tardy, slack, languid, slow, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé
remiss meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
remiss in Tamil
- கடமைதவறு, கவனமில்லாதிரு
remiss in Urdu
- ڈھیلا, پھیکا, سست
remiss in Malayalam
- സൂക്ഷ്മമില്ലാത്ത, നിരുത്സാഹ, ഉദാസീനതയുളള
remiss in Kannada
- ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಎಚ್ಚರಗೇಡಿಯಾದ, ಕರ್ತವ್ಯಚ್ಯುತ, ಕರ್ತವ್ಯಲೋಪದ, ಅಜಾಗರೂಕ, ಅಸಡ್ಡೆಯ
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- remiss in Arabic
- مُهْمِل muhmil, كَسُول kasūl
Synonyms of remiss
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Origin of remiss
From Middle English remisse, remysse, from Latin remissus (“languid, negligent”), perfect passive participle of remittō (“remit”).
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Questions about remiss
- What does remiss mean?
- Remiss means at fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.
- What is remiss in Tamil?
- Remiss in Tamil is கடமைதவறு, கவனமில்லாதிரு. See Remiss meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is remiss?
- Remiss is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce remiss?
- Remiss is pronounced /ɹəˈmɪs/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: remiss (page history and authors); remiss (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); remiss (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); remiss (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); remiss (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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