/
rɪˈmɪs/
adj.
lacking care or attention to duty:
how very remiss of me, to keep you waiting.
Derivative
- remissly adv.
- remissness n.
Etymology
ME (orig. in the senses ‘weakened in colour or consistency’ and (in describing sound) ‘faint’): from L. remissus, remittere ‘slacken’.