English Explanatory Dictionary

remiss

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.
  2. Not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless; tardy; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.

Pronunciation

/ɹəˈmɪs/ en-us-remiss.ogg

Word forms

remiss

Etymology

From Middle English remisse, remysse, from Latin remissus (“languid, negligent”), perfect passive participle of remittō (“remit”).

Synonyms

at fault blameworthy lash lax negligent reprehensible censurable culpable guilty nocent to blame careless tardy slack languid slow adiaphroistic apathetic apathistical blasé blithe deaf cool shiftless dispassionate dull enervated gallionic halfhearted heartless impassive ineffervescible insouciant indifferent insensible jaded languorous Laodicean lethargic listless lackadaisical lotophagous lukewarm meh mopey nonchalant nonplussed otiose phlegmatic pococurante spiritless supine tepid torpid torpedinous unaroused uncaring unconcerned unenthusiastic unimpressible

Related words

remise

Derived words

remissful remissly remissness
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