remiss
adjective
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc..
remissness
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a word derived from
remiss.
Example Sentences
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I would not have it thought that any payment made by me to settle the present situation could be considered in the slightest degree as an admission of any remissness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The suit, said Mr. Wiggin, was hampering proper administration of the two estates, and their offers were not to be construed as a posthumous confession of remissness.
From Time Magazine Archive
As soon as he had apologised for the remissness of his memory, he asked me if he should send Boots for Mr. Pumblechook?
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
The connection with New York offered matter for criticism, but Heriot could not be reproached for remissness in this regard.
From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Sir William Smith
He took advantage of my remissness in watching him, and tried to escape back to his own men.
From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by John Morse
