'Remiss' definitions:
Definition of 'remiss'
From: WordNet
adjective
Failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills" [syn: derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss]
Definition of 'Remiss'
From: GCIDE
- Remiss \Re*miss"\ (r?-m?s"), a. [L. remissus, p. p. of remittere to send back, relax. See Remit.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- Thou never wast remiss, I bear thee witness. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- These nervous, bold; those languid and remiss. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]
- Its motion becomes more languid and remiss. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Slack; dilatory; slothful; negligent; careless; neglectful; inattentive; heedles; thoughtless. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Remiss'
From: GCIDE
- Remiss \Re*miss"\, n. The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure. [Obs.] "Remisses of laws." --Puttenham. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'remiss'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- backward,
- behindhand,
- bone-lazy,
- cadging,
- careless,
- culpably negligent,
- dallying,
- delaying,
- delinquent,
- derelict,
- dilatory,
- dillydallying,
- disregardful,
- do-nothing,
- doless,
- dronish,
- drony,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- ergophobic,
- faineant,
- foot-dragging,
- forgetful,
- good-for-nothing,
- heedless,
- impotent,
- imprecise,
- inadvertent,
- inattentive,
- indifferent,
- indolent,
- lackadaisical,
- laggard,
- lagging,
- laissez-faire,
- lax,
- lazy,
- lenient,
- lingering,
- loitering,
- loose,
- Micawberish,
- neglectful,
- neglecting,
- negligent,
- nonaggressive,
- noninterfering,
- nonrestrictive,
- off-guard,
- overindulgent,
- overly permissive,
- overpermissive,
- parasitic,
- permissive,
- procrastinating,
- procrastinative,
- procrastinatory,
- regardless,
- relaxed,
- scamping,
- scrounging,
- shiftless,
- shuffling,
- skimping,
- slack,
- slighting,
- slipshod,
- sloppy,
- slothful,
- slow,
- sluggish,
- slurring,
- soft,
- sponging,
- thoughtless,
- uncircumspect,
- unenterprising,
- unguarded,
- unheeding,
- unmindful,
- unrestrained,
- unrigorous,
- unthinking,
- unwary,
- unwatchful,
- weak,
- work-shy