Word familynounremissibilityremissionremissnessadjectiveremissibleremissiveremissremissoryadverbremissivelyremissly
re·miss /rɪˈmɪs/adjectiveadj [not before noun] formal
CARELESScareless because you did not do something that you ought to have done 玩忽职守的;疏忽的SYN negligent
remiss in
parents who are remiss in their duties
没有尽责的父母
it was remiss of somebody to do something
It was remiss of the social services not to notify the police.
没有通知警方,这是社会福利部门的疏忽。
Examples from the Corpus
remiss• Even today, the day after, I am feeling a bitremiss.• The Home Office has also been remiss about securitydevices, an important subject that has been debated at length today.• The point was that he had been remiss and that he was sorry and wanted to make it right.• The editor would be remiss in her duties if the information were not reported.
Originremiss
(1400-1500)Latin past participle of remittere“to send back, relax”