as in neglectful
failing to give proper care and attention
I would be remiss if I didn't tell you how much I appreciated the lovely gift
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Recent Examples of remiss
See our Guide 08 of 09 Roanoke Named America’s East Coast Mountain Biking Capital, a list of Virginia mountain towns would be remiss without including the bustling city of Roanoke.
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Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
In this regard, we geologists have been mostly remiss.
—The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
This capability isn’t to be remiss in an industry that often leans into sterile marketing campaigns with all of the same faces.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 7 Aug. 2024
However what seems almost remiss is that during nine years of operation there has never yet been an Off-White show in the United States.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 22 July 2024
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Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
In this regard, we geologists have been mostly remiss.
—The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
This capability isn’t to be remiss in an industry that often leans into sterile marketing campaigns with all of the same faces.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 7 Aug. 2024
However what seems almost remiss is that during nine years of operation there has never yet been an Off-White show in the United States.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 22 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for remiss
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remiss
Adjective
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The play revolves around two modern-day brothers, Booth and Lincoln, whose fate may be determined by the names their profoundly neglectful parents saddled them with as a joke — a joke with an archetypal punchline.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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In fact, research shows that when a partner is perceived and controlling and neglectful, it is associated with lower relationship satisfaction.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The team held a multiple-point lead with seconds to go, but careless defense and turnovers cost them.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Top-four defencemen Darnell Nurse and Jake Walman were also careless with the puck at times.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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On Facebook, the city government shared images of cracks in the walls of the lazy river, rust in the mechanical room and chipping concrete on a pedestrian bridge.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2025
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In contrast to Joe Biden, Trump is not a traditional Atlanticist, views many of Washington's security arrangements in Europe as either antiquated or unfair, and tends to scoff at the European theater writ-large as lazy teenagers who take their parent's support for granted.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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However, in one that went to trial, a jury determined that Chart and Pacific Fertility Center had been negligent and awarded five former patients a total of $15 million.—
Alexandra Chaidez,
NBC News,
19 Mar. 2025
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And first assistant director Dave Halls pled no contest to negligent use of a deadly weapon and was given six months probation.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Remiss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remiss. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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