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Synonyms for remiss
rɪˈmɪsre·miss
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remissadjective
Synonyms:
reprehensible, at fault, negligent, blameworthyremissadjective
At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.
I would certainly be remiss if I did not give credit where credit was due.
Synonyms:
negligent, reprehensible, at fault, blameworthy
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Princeton's WordNet
derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remissadjective
failing in what duty requires
"derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills"
Synonyms:
abandoned, overdue, bedraggled, woebegone, tumble-down, run-down, delinquent, flea-bitten, creaky, ramshackle, deserted, decrepit, inattentive, derelict, broken-down, tatterdemalion, dilapidated, neglectfulAntonyms:
diligent
Dictionary of English Synonymes
remissadjective
Synonyms:
slack, dilatory, slow, backward, behindhandremissadjective
Synonyms:
inattentive, negligent, careless, thoughtless, heedless, neglectful, lax
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List of paraphrases for "remiss":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1767 | flow | |
#7663 | wanting | |
#8576 | abandoned | |
#9013 | idle | |
#17068 | lax | |
#17781 | slack | |
#20573 | deserted | |
#21061 | overdue | |
#21084 | delinquent | |
#24888 | careless | |
#25698 | negligent | |
#44435 | derelict | |
#52817 | tardy | |
#54532 | dilapidated | |
#58505 | reprehensible | |
#69724 | inattentive | |
#70794 | decrepit | |
#76852 | remiss | |
#98447 | ramshackle | |
#101223 | creaky | |
#114767 | slothful | |
#120040 | neglectful | |
#154287 | bedraggled | |
#162791 | dilatory | |
#177646 | blameworthy | |
#295809 | woebegone |
How to use remiss in a sentence?
To Senator Leahy, I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge my co-star in Batman, the role is marginally smaller than mine, but I understand you're quite good.
Border security should be something that's on the forefront of all legislatures whether they're state or federal, even a state like Montana, with a small population and being a long ways from the southern border, we'd be remiss to think there aren't impacts to the state by illegal immigration.
If that's accurate, I'm hearing that it's not -- to say that we would have some concern would be accurate, that would be troubling, to act like it's not a concern would be remiss on my part.
It would be remiss if we didn't admit that there is a problem with extremist behavior in the military. That is to say that one extremist is one too many, the George Floyd murder hearing and a lot of these other day-to-day issues that greatly affect communities of color whether or not they wear a uniform or work for DoD are vitally important for us to understand. If we're going to be strong teammates we have to ensure that we're being proper allies for those individuals going through a lot of difficult times within their own communities, so having an education and training line of effort that helps us better understand these gray areas and what we need to do to help address a lot of these issues is going to be of vital importance for us.
In fact, DOJ and the FBI would have been remiss in their duty to protect the country had they not sought a FISA warrant and repeated renewals to conduct temporary surveillance of Carter Page, someone the FBI assessed to be an agent of the Russian government.
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