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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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
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
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
A certain remissness in the care of the child is said to suffice amply.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
On Thursday morning a letter from Addie indirectly reminded him both of his remissness to her hostess, and of the existence of the Flag of Judah.
From The Grandchildren of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
