remissre‧miss /rɪˈmɪs/ adjective [not before noun] formalWord Origin
WORD ORIGINremiss
Origin:
1400-1500Latin past participle of remittere ‘to send back, relax’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
The editor would be remiss in her duties if the information were not reported.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Even today, the day after, I am feeling a bit remiss.
The Home Office has also been remiss about security devices, an important subject that has been debated at length today.
The point was that he had been remiss and that he was sorry and wanted to make it right.
careless because you did not do something that you ought to have doneSYN negligentremiss in parents who are remiss in their dutiesit was remiss of somebody to do something It was remiss of the social services not to notify the police.