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Sentence example with the word 'remiss'
remiss
backward, delinquent, drony, heedless, laggard, loose, overindulgent, regardless, slighting, sponging, unrigorous
Definition
adj.
failing in what duty requires
Last update: September 21, 2015
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He has been
remiss
in his work. .
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There are no
remiss
or sleepy praises in heaven, nor such lamentations in hell.
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In the midst of his effusions Taylor is
remiss
enough to give the cost of the war to the people of Britain.
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He insisted upon it that we were
remiss
.
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"Well, Sally, I'm in fault, and I acknowledge it; I've been
remiss
; but I won't let to-morrow go by without stopping up them holes."'
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You have been
remiss
, marm.
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It reminds me, Wabana was
remiss
enough when I left her among the Illini with you.
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As usual, he was
remiss
, slothful, sceptical, and witty.
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Then, as he shook his head: "Very
remiss
of Parkin."
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