It would be remiss of me not to mention the risks involved.
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Remiss
//ɹəˈmɪs//
Synonyms for "remiss" (196 found)
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Adjective(18 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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Adjective(51 words)
low-speedlukewarmlumberingmopeynegligentnocentnonchalantnonplussedphlegmaticploddingpococurantepokeyponderousreprehensibleshiftlessslackslothlikeslowslow as a snailslow as christmas
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slow as molassesslow as molasses in januaryslowfootedsluggishspiritlessstatelysteadysubglacialsullensupinetardigradetardytedioustepidtestudineousto blametorpedinoustorpidunarouseduncaringunconcernedunenthusiasticunimpressibleuninterestedunjustifiableunlivelyunmovedunspeedyuntouchedunzealousworld-weary
Adjective(1 words)
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17 translations across 6 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- كَسُول adj (not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless)
- مُهْمِل adj (failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations)
Bulgarian
2 entries- небрежен adj (not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless)
- нехаен adj (failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations)
Catalan
2 entries- fluix adj (not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless)
- remís adj (failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations)
German
3 entries- nachlässig adj (not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless)
- träge adj (not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless)
- verantwortungslos adj (failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations)
Russian
1 entries- небре́жный adj (not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless)
Spanish
4 entries- descuidado adj (not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless)
- disperso adj (failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations)
- flojo adj (not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless)
- negligente adj (failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
You probably read about this elsewhere, but we’d be remiss if we were to omit mention of the two ISS resupply missions launched yesterday… one successful while the other crashed and burned, or perhaps more accurately, burned and crashed.
Source: tatoeba (11210960)
It would be remiss of me, in my duties, if I did not give credit where credit was due.
Source: wiktionary
Thou never waſt remiſs, I bear thee witneſs:
Source: wiktionary
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