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I would be remiss if I left the impression that my life has been totally preoccupied with scholarly research.
Douglass North

Meaning of "remiss" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REMISS

From Latin remissus from remittere to release, from re- + mittere to send.
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PRONUNCIATION OF REMISS

remiss  [rɪˈmɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REMISS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Remiss is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES REMISS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of remiss in the English dictionary

The definition of remiss in the dictionary is lacking in care or attention to duty; negligent. Other definition of remiss is lacking in energy; dilatory.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REMISS


Amis
ˈeɪmɪs
amiss
əˈmɪs
Artemis
ˈɑːtɪmɪs
camis
ˈkæmɪs
Cheremis
ˌtʃɛərəˈmɪs
Cheremiss
ˌtʃɛərəˈmɪs
commis
ˈkɒmɪs
demiss
dɪˈmɪs
dermis
ˈdɜːmɪs
dismiss
dɪsˈmɪs
emys
ˈɛmɪs
epidermis
ˌɛpɪˈdɜːmɪs
epididymis
ˌɛpɪˈdɪdɪmɪs
kermis
ˈkɜːmɪs
kirmess
ˈkɜːmɪs
miss
mɪs
premise
ˈprɛmɪs
promise
ˈprɒmɪs
submiss
səbˈmɪs
Themis
ˈθiːmɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REMISS

remineralise
remineralize
reminisce
reminiscence
reminiscent
reminiscential
reminiscently
reminiscer
remint
remise
remissibility
remissible
remissibleness
remissibly
remission
remissive
remissively
remissly
remissness
remissory

WORDS THAT END LIKE REMISS

air miss
give something a miss
hit and miss
hit-and-miss
hit or miss
junior miss
koumiss
kumiss
near miss
premiss
take amiss
take something amiss

Synonyms and antonyms of remiss in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REMISS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «remiss» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of remiss

Translation of «remiss» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REMISS

Find out the translation of remiss to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of remiss from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «remiss» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

失职
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

negligente
570 millions of speakers

English

remiss
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेपरवाह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مقصرا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

упущением
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

negligente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিথিল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

négligent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Malang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nachlässig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

怠慢な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

태만
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Remiss
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không cẩn thận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அசட்டையான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्मरण करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ihmalci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

remiss
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niedbały
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

упущенням
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neglijent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμέλεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nalatig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

försumlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

remiss
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of remiss

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REMISS»

The term «remiss» is regularly used and occupies the 64.700 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REMISS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «remiss» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «remiss» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about remiss

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4 QUOTES WITH «REMISS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word remiss.
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Christie Brinkley
I would be remiss when talking about beauty secrets to not say that one of the best is to care about the world around you. That's what really matters.
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Connie Chung
You know, there are not only - all of the networks, and I mean every television news operation and print and radio and magazines, newspapers, all of them, are remiss in the diversity area. I mean, none of these organizations have reached a level of parity.
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Geddy Lee
I have a lot of hobbies and I can be very remiss in reminding myself to go down to the basement to work.
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Douglass North
I would be remiss if I left the impression that my life has been totally preoccupied with scholarly research.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REMISS»

Discover the use of remiss in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to remiss and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
NEGLIGENT, REMISS, CARELESS, THOUGHTLESS, HEEDLESS, INATTENTIVE. NEGLIGENCE {v. To disregard) and REMISSNESS respect the outward action ; CARELESS, HEEDLESS, THOUGHTLESS, and INATTENTIVE, respect the ...
George Crabb, 1818
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
... though of rather slack execution— Stobart) <a fine nose for what was slack in the play or insufficiently developed— Mailer) Remiss implies culpable carelessness that shows itself in slackness and forgetful- ness or in negligence; it is applied ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Administered Politics: Elite Political Culture in Sweden
to capture the thoroughness, comprehensiveness and sheer bulk of bills on major problems, a simple listing of some of the organizations invited to submit remiss comments on the 1967 housing bill, chosen more or less randomly from various ...
T.J. Anton, 1980
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墨子全譯:
not be remiss. Nowadays, why is it that women get up early and go to bed late and are diligent in their spinning and weaving, producing large amounts of hemp, silk and other cloth and weaving cotton and silk, and dare not be remiss? I say it ...
Di Mo, 2010
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Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Power Plants
Also the remiss process used for the Ringhals 3 application was not the usual one. That application consisted, in substance, of contracts for reprocessing services to be carried out in France and of the KBS-I report. The contracts were secret ...
Thomas B. Johansson, Peter Steen, 1981
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English Synonymes explained, in alphabetical order; with ...
To disregard) and remiss respect the outward action: careless, heedless, thoughtless, and inattentive, respect the state of the mind. Negligence and remissness consist in not doing what ourrht to be done; carelessness and the other mental ...
George Crabb, 1826
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English Synonymes: with copious Illustrations and ...
To disregard) and remiss respect the outward action: careless, heedless, thoughtless, and inattentive, respect the state of the mind. Negligence and remissness consist in not doing what ought to be done ; carelessness and the other mental ...
George Crabb, 1826
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Crabb's English Synonyms
Neg igent 1s a stronger term than remiss: one is negligent in leding the thing that is expremly ore one's eyes; one is remiss In forgetting that which was enjoined some time previousl : the want of will renders a person neg igsnt,' the want of ...
George Crabb
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
BACONNEGLIGENT, REMISS, CARELESS, THOUGHTLESS, llEEDLESS, INATTENTIVE. NEGLIGENCE (v. To disregard) and REMISSNESS respect the outward action: CARELESS, HEED-LESS, THOUGHTLESS, and INATTENTIVE, respect ...
George Crabb, 1837
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English Synonymes, with Copious Illustrations and ...
To disregard) and remiss respect the outwaid action: cureless, heedless, thoughtless, and inattentive respect the state of the mind. Negligence and remissness consist in not doing what ought to be done; carelessness and the other mental ...
George Crabb, 1854

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REMISS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term remiss is used in the context of the following news items.
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Study shows drug makers are remiss in reporting the adverse effects …
A study reveals that drug manufacturers often fail to report adverse effects of medications in a timely manner. Manufacturers are required to forward any reports ... «Weekly Observer, Jul 15»
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In Case We Were Remiss And Failed To Address The Idiot Marc …
In Case We Were Remiss And Failed To Address The Idiot Marc Morial… In Case We Were Remiss And Failed To Address The Idiot Marc Morial… July 14. «The Hayride, Jul 15»
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Jaya case: SC finds State's appointment of prosecutor 'remiss'
“What we find here is that the state of Karnataka has been remiss. Since the burden (of appointment) is on transferee state, the prosecuting agency has to tell it to ... «Deccan Herald, Apr 15»
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Kanye West's Favorite Song Right Now? Fetty Wap's 'Trap Queen'
You wouldn't be remiss to think that Kanye West's favorite song of the moment is anything by Kanye West. But, it turns out there's something non-Kanye related ... «Radio.com Music and Entertainment News, Mar 15»
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Government wonders: What's in your old emails?
If you've been remiss in cleaning out your email in-box, here's some incentive: The federal government can read any emails that are more than six months old ... «McClatchy Washington Bureau, Feb 15»
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Officials 'remiss on falling fish numbers'
Concerned recreational fishermen say the number of fish in Hawke's Bay has plummeted in recent years because of commercial overfishing and a lax approach ... «Stuff.co.nz, Oct 14»
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In Iloilo, barangay officials go after remiss taxpayers
TAX COLLECTORS. The Iloilo provincial government taps village officials to go after delinquent real property taxpayers and double its collection for the year. «Rappler, Sep 14»
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Theater review: Theatre fans would be remiss to miss out on …
A William Shakespeare writing today could compose “Cymbeline” almost entirely by cutting and pasting passages from his other plays: a heroine falsely ... «Columbus Alive, Aug 14»
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Oklahoma Candidate Says Gays Should Be Stoned
“That goes against some parts of libertarianism, I realize, and I'm largely libertarian, but ignoring as a nation things that are worthy of death is very remiss. «ThinkProgress, Jun 14»
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Parliament remiss in scrutinising accounts
The last audited accounts approved by Parliament was in 2009/2010. Since 2010, the audited accounts of National Government have never been debated, ... «The Standard Digital News, Jun 14»

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