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remisser

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re⋅miss

  [ri-mis]
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–adjective
1. negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.: He's terribly remiss in his work.
2. characterized by negligence or carelessness.
3. lacking force or energy; languid; sluggish.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L remissus (ptp. of remittere to send back, slacken, relax); see remit

Related forms:
re⋅miss⋅ly, adverb
re⋅miss⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. derelict, thoughtless, lax, slack, neglectful. 3. dilatory, slothful, slow.
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Word Origin & History

remiss 
c.1412, "weak, dissolved," from L. remissus, pp. of remittere "slacken, abate, let go" (see remit). Meaning "characterized by lack of strictness" is attested from c.1450; that of "Characterized by negligence" is from 1502.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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