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Webster 1913 Edition
Remiss
Re-miss′
(r?-m?s′)
, Adj.
Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.
Thou never wast
remiss
, I bear thee witness. Milton.
These nervous, bold; those languid and
remiss
. Roscommon.
Its motion becomes more languid and
remiss
. Woodward.
Syn. – Slack; dilatory; slothful; negligent; careless; neglectful; inattentive; heedles; thoughtless.
Re-miss′
,Noun.
The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure.
[Obs.]
“Remisses of laws.” Puttenham.
Webster 1828 Edition
Remiss
REMISS'
,Adj.
1.
Slack; dilatory; negligent; not performing duty or business; not complying with engagements at all, or not in due time; as to be remiss in attendance on official duties; remiss in payment of debts.2.
Slow; slack; languid.3.
Not intense.These nervous, bold; those languid and remiss.