Remiss

Definition: Remiss

Remiss

Adjective

1. Failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "remiss" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Remiss

Inactivity

Indolent, lazy, slothful, idle, lusk, remiss, slack, inert, torpid, sluggish, otiose, languid, supine, heavy, dull, leaden, lumpish; exanimate, soulless; listless; drony, dronish; lazy as Ludlam's dog.

Laxity

Adjective: lax, loose; slack; remiss; (careless); weak.

Neglect

Adjective: neglecting; Verb: unmindful, negligent, neglectful; heedless, careless, thoughtless; perfunctory, remiss; feebleness.

Unwillingness

Adjective: unwilling; not in the vein, loth, loath, shy of, disinclined, indisposed, averse, reluctant, not content; adverse; (opposed); laggard, backward, remiss, slack, slow to; indifferent; scrupulous; squeamish; (fastidious); repugnant; (dislike); restiff, restive; demurring; Verb: unconsenting; (refusing); involuntary.

Crosswords: Remiss

Swedish (commitment, remittance).

Secondly, In the state of nature there wants a known and indifferent judge, with authority to determine all differences according to the established law: for every one in that state being both judge and executioner of the law of nature, men being partial to themselves, passion and revenge is very apt to carry them too far, and with too much heat, in their own cases; as well as negligence, and unconcernedness, to make them too remiss in other men's. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Not to wait upon a bride is very remiss.

The Thenardiers felt doubly authorised to treat her thus, as the mother, who still remained at M__ sur M__, began to be remiss in her payments

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Albanian

neglizhent (neglect, neglectful), i shkujdesur (blind, carefree, careless, casual, cavalier, devil may care, downbeat, easy, easygoing, fast, forgetful, happy go lucky, heedless, improvident, inadvertent, incautious, inobservant, lax, light hearted, lightsome, neglectful, negligent, slack, slaphappy, slipshod, thoughtless, traipse, trapes, unclean, unconcerned, unkempt, unladylike, unmindful, untidy), i pakujdesshëm (careless, imprudent, incautious, negligent, ownerless, reckless, unadvised, unguarded, unheeding), i dobët (anaemic, anemic, bad, cachectic, characterless, cheesy, delicate, Dickey, dicky, dim, Dotty, enervate, faint, fainting, feeble, flabby, flaccid, gone, ill-conditioned, impaired, indolent, inferior, infirm, insubstantial, knock kneed, lame, lamentable, languid, languorous, lax, lean, low, meager, meagre, mean, measly, milk and water, nerveless, pale, pimping, pithless, poky, poor, puny, queasy, reckling, remote, rotten, rundown, scraggy, scrannel, scrawny, scrofulous, seared, shoddy, skinny, slack, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, soft, spare, squeamish, tender, thin, third rate, Twiggy, weak, weakly, woozy). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مهمل (abandoned, antiquated, careless, derelict, deserted, discarded, disregarded, disregardful, disused, forgetful, forgotten, forsaken, heedless, ignored, in disuse, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, left out, left over, neglected, neglectful, negligent, no longer of use, obsolete, omitted, out of use, outdated, reckless, refuse, regardless, slack, sloven, unpointed, waste), ‏مقصر مهمل (negligent), ‏غير مهتم (incurious, reckless). (various references)

Bulgarian 

вял (colorless, colourless, dead alive, half hearted, indolent, insipid, lackadaisical, leaden, lifeless, slow, torpid), нехаен (careless, cavalier, derelict, hit or miss, hit-and-miss, improvident, inadvertent, mindless, negligent, perfunctory, thoughtless, unmindful, unthinking), небрежен (careless, casual, floppy, heedless, lax, loose, neglectful, neglige, negligent, perfunctory, ragged, raunchy, regardless, skimpy, slack, slapdash, slipshod, slipslop, sloppy, slovenly, thoughtless, unheeding, untidy), неизпълнителен (recalcitrant). (various references)

Czech

nedbalý (careless, casual, lax, neglectful, negligent, offhand, slack, sloppy, slovenly, unmindful), ledabylý (careless, casual, cavalier, lax, slapdash, untidy), líný (faineant, idle, indolent, lazy, truant). (various references)

Dutch

onachtzaam (careless, neglectful, negligent), nonchalant (careless, neglectful, negligent), nalatig (careless, neglectful, negligent). (various references)

Esperanto

preterlasema (careless, neglectful, negligent), neglektema (careless, neglectful, negligent), malzorga (careless, neglectful, negligent). (various references)

Farsi 

غفلت کار, سست (Atonic, Effeminate, Feckless, Floppy, Frail, Groggy, Inactive, Indolent, Insecure, Languid, Lax, Lethargic, Loose, Mild, Rattletrap, Rickety, Shaky, Slack, Sleazy, Slender, Slothful, Supine, Tardy, Tepid, Torpid, Weak), بی مبالات (Perfunctory), بی قید (Categorical, Easygoing). (various references)

French

négligent (remissive). (various references)

German

nachlässig (careless, carelessly, forgetful, inattentive, lackadaisical, lax, neglectful, neglectfully, negligent, negligently, slack, slipshod, sloppy, thoughtless), lässig (airy, careless, carelessly, casual, cool, easy going, languid, languidly, negligently, nonchalant, nonchalantly, offhand, remissly). (various references)

Greek 

αμελήσ (careless, lax, neglectful, negligent), αδρανήσ (abeyant, inactive, inert, inoperative, nerveless, shiftless). (various references)

Hebrew 

לא אחראי (irresponsible, unaccountable), רשלן (negligent, sloven), רשל� י (careless, neglectful, negligent, slovenly). (various references)

Hungarian

pontatlan (false, imprecise, inaccurate, indefinite, inexact, loose, slack, untrue), nemtörõdöm (careless, devil may care, happy go lucky, negligent, nonchalant), hanyag (derelict, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, inobservant, inofficious, insouciant, lax, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, oblivious, perfunctory, slipshod, sloppy, slow, slubberer). (various references)

Indonesian

lalai (absent-minded, careless, dilatory, indifferent, neglectful, untidy). (various references)

Italian

trascurato (careless, forlorn, inaccurate, lax, neglected, neglectful, negligent, perfunctory, slovenly), negligente (careless, inadvertent, inattentive, lax, negligent, slack, slapdash, slaphappy). (various references)

Manx

meerioosagh (careless, forgetful, inattentive, negligent, regardless, thoughtless, thoughtless person), lhiastey (diffident, dilatory, idle, inactive, indolent, languid, languorous, lazy, lethargic, lethargical, reluctant, slothful, workshy), lhiastagh (haggler, idle, inactive, indolent, languid, latecomer, lethargic, lethargical, loath, moribund, slothful, sluggish). (various references)

Pig Latin

emissray.(various references)

Portuguese

remisso, preguiçoso (chair warmer, dawdler, laggard, lazy, lazy guy, lie-a-bed, loafer, loller, lubberly, otiose, slack, slacker, slothful, sluggard, sluggish, work-shy), indolente (apathetic, easygoing, idle, indolent, lazy, loafer, loller, lotus-eater, lounger, lumpish, shiftless, slack, sleepy, slothful, slowcoach, supine, tardy), desmazelado (frumpish, grubby, neglectful, negligent, slatternly, slipshod, slouch, slovenly, untidy), desleixado (careless, floppy, forgetful, frumpish, incurious, neglectful, negligent, slatternly, slipshod, sloppy, slouch, slovenly, uncared-for, untidy), descuidado (brainless, carefree, careless, casual, harebrained, heedless, inadvertent, incautious, light-minded, mindless, neglectful, negligent, perfunctory, reckless, regardless, scatterbrained, slapdash, sloppy, thoughtless, unheeding, unmindful, unthinking, untidy, unwary). (various references)

Romanian

nepãsãtor (airily, apathetic, apathetical, apathetically, careless, casual, devil may care, easy going, happy go lucky, heedless, impassible, impassive, inconsiderate, incurious, indifferent, indolent, insensible, insouciant, jaunty, lackadaisical, listless, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, reckless, regardless, slack, slow, stolid, thoughtless, unmoved), neglijent (careless, casual, casually, derelict, floppy, forgetful, inadvertent, loose, neglectful, negligent, ragged, slack in duty, slacky, sleazy, slipshod, slothful, unheeding, unkempt, unmindful, untidy, unwary), molatic (flabby, heavy, slow, spineless, weak), indolent (careless, easy going, idle, indolent, lazy, nonchalant, slack, sleepy, slothful, supine, truant, unheeding), indiferent (all one, all the same, anywhere, apathetic, apathetical, careless, chill, cool, dull, impassive, indifferent, indifferently, inhuman, insensible, insensitive, lackadaisical, languid, listless, nonchalant, numb, perfunctory, phlegmatic, pococurante, reckless, slack, slow, sluggish, stolid, unconcerned, unimportant, unmoved), bleg (blockhead, dolt, drooping, flabby, flaccid, foolish, half hearted, sheepish, shy, silly, skulker, sloppy, sluggish, timid, weak, weakly). (various references)

Russian 

слабый (characterless, cold, cranky, delicate, dicky, dim, effeminate, enervate, faint, faint sound, faintish, feeble, fragile, frail, knock kneed, languishing, lax, limp, loosely-coupled, mild, nerveless, pale, pimping, reckling, slack, slight, soft, tender, unbacked, weak, weakly, wishy washy), вялый (apathetic, apathetical, dopey, dopy, drowsy, exanimate, flabby, flaccid, flat, indolent, inert, insipid, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, lethargic, listless, saggy, sapless, slack, sluggish, spiritless, stolid, torpid), нерадивый (feckless, lackadaisical, neglectful, negligent), невнимательный (careless, distrait, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, incurious, inobservant, neglectful, scatter-brained, unattending, unattentive, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant), небрежный (careless, casual, devil-may-care, harum scarum, heedless, inadvertent, inexact, lax, loose, loose translation, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, perfunctory, ragged, scratchy, slipshod, sloppy, unheeding, unkempt). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nehatan (careless, incurious, negligent, slovenly, unheeding), mlitav (flabby, lackadaisical, languorous, limp, listless, loose), labav (languorous, lax, limp, loose, slack, unfixed, untight). (various references)

Spanish

remiso. (various references)

Swedish

loj (apathetic, indolent, slack, torpid), försumlig (delinquent, neglectful, negligencet, negligent, negligible), efterlåten (indulgent). (various references)

Turkish

savsak (negligent, slovenly), ihmalci (careless, derelict, forgetful, inattentive, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, slack, unheedful), gafil (careless, incautious, unguarded, unprovided, unwary), dikkatsiz (careless, freewheeling, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, incurious, lax, listless, mindless, regardless, slipshod, unaware, unheedful, unheeding, unobservant, unregardful, unseeing, unwary). (various references)

Ukrainian

недбайливий (neglectful, negligent), млявий (asleep, atonic, dopey, indolent, inert, languid, languorous, nerveless, oscitant), зроблений недбало. (various references)

Vietnamese 

thiếu nghị lực (marrowless), tắc trách (unconscientious), nhu nhược (gutless, mild, mildly, sinewless, slack, wak-hearted), chểnh mảng yếu đuối, cẩu thả (neglectful, negligent). (various references)

remissio, remissionem, remissionis. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "remiss": remissible, remissibly, remission, remissions, remissly, remissness, remissnesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "remiss": premiss. (additional references)

Words containing "remiss": premisses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Remiss" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emiss, Femis, ramis, ramises, ramish, relisys, remec, Remes, remez, remi, remic, remis, Remisa, remixs, Remyca, renigs, renish, Rensis. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: misers.

-1 letter: emirs, mires, miser, mises, rimes, rises, seism, semis, sires.

-2 letters: emir, ires, isms, mess, mire, mirs, mise, miss, reis, rems, rime, rims, rise, seis, semi, sers, sims, sire, sirs, sris.

-3 letters: ems, ers, ess, ire, ism, mir, mis, rei, rem, res, rim, sei, ser, sim, sir, sis, sri.

-4 letters: em, er, es, is, me.

+1 letter: impress, isomers, kirmess, massier, merises, merisis, messier, misters, misuser, mossier, mussier, premiss, remises, rimless, simmers, simpers, smilers, smiters, spirems, surmise, verisms.

+2 letters: asterism, brimless, dermises, emissary, emprises, erotisms, firmness, gisarmes, grimness, heroisms, immerses, imposers, impresas, impreses, imprests, kermises, marishes, metrists, minsters, miriness, misavers, misdoers, miseries, misfires, mishears, misparse, misraise, misrates, misreads, misrules, missteer, misterms, mistress, misusers, morrises, mortises, ogreisms, pismires, premises, primness, primuses, promises, realisms, remissly, riminess, seminars, semipros, seriemas, shimmers, skimmers, slimmers, slimsier, smarties, smirches, smirkers, smithers, spiremes, surmised, surmiser, surmises, swimmers, trimness, trisemes, trisomes, verismos.