as in neglectful
failing to give proper care and attention
I would be remiss if I didn't tell you how much I appreciated the lovely gift
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Recent Examples of remiss
This time around, though, there should be at least a couple of signal-callers available for Las Vegas, and the Raiders would be remiss not to nab one of them.
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Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
Tinseltown One would be remiss to skip over Simon Miller’s array of shimmering and shining specialties.
—Madeline Fass, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Any custodian of someone like that would be remiss in not treating him very differently from most everyone else in their population.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
There was a spirit of abundance and joy, too; that can’t be remiss.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
Tinseltown One would be remiss to skip over Simon Miller’s array of shimmering and shining specialties.
—Madeline Fass, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Any custodian of someone like that would be remiss in not treating him very differently from most everyone else in their population.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
There was a spirit of abundance and joy, too; that can’t be remiss.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remiss
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Sid lives in the town of Matakana with her single, sometimes-neglectful alcoholic father Leo (Noah Taylor), who wanted to be a painter but now mows the lawns of rich neighbors and visiting Auckland rich boys occupying the beachfront mansions nearby in Omaha.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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Dysfunctional families can look many different ways, but typically are controlling, secretive, neglectful, and uncommunicative.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
15 Mar. 2026
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Longtime fans may recall that on Thanksgiving Night 2009, Woods’ Cadillac Escalade collided with a fire hydrant, tree and several bushes near his Central Florida home, and he was ticketed with careless driving.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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She was arrested in a bankruptcy case in 2013, arrested for careless driving in 2021 and arrested again in 2023 on suspicion of domestic violence and battery.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
25 Mar. 2026
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Black, white, colorful, graphic—the perfect baggy tee will hold your hand through low-key days at the office, weekends in the park, and your laziest bed-rot days.—
Kelsey Stiegman,
Glamour,
27 Mar. 2026
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The point is to get away from lazy (but practical) System 1 thinking and apply your brain’s full power to seeing through any fraud or deception.—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2026
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Claims against the bank of negligent failure to prevent physical harm and reasonable care as a banking institution, and aiding and abetting trafficking violations in the initial complaint, were dismissed by Rakoff in mid-February.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Mar. 2026
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The lawsuit also alleged that Goodenbour and USF were negligent, meaning the university and the coaching staff had a duty to care for the twins and had failed to do so.—
Julia Haney,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Remiss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remiss. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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