remiss

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.

   It would be remiss of me, in my duties, if I did not give credit where credit was due.

From Middle English remisse, remysse, from Latin remissus (“languid, negligent”), perfect passive participle of remittō (“remit”).

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