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rɪˈmɪs/
adj.
lacking care or attention to duty:
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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’.
