Sample Sentences forremiss (editor-reviewed)
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I'd be remiss in this overview if I didn't also mention...remiss = careless -- not doing a good job
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It was remiss of you not to pay your bills.remiss = careless
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"Well, Sally, I'm in fault, and I acknowledge it; I've been remiss; but I won't let to-morrow go by without stopping up them holes." (source)remiss = careless in not doing a duty well enough
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…nothing but having no horses of my own could have made me so remiss; (source)remiss = inadequate performance (of a duty)
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I regret to say this, Miss Kenton, but I believe you have been a little remiss in these respects.† (source)
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From her tone Roscoe got the clear implication that he had been remiss in his duty.† (source)
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A former Salem minister, George Burroughs, had had to borrow money to pay for his wife's funeral, and, since the parish was remiss in his salary, he was soon bankrupt.† (source)
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Sometimes I thought that the fiend followed me and might expedite my remissness by murdering my companion.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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But as your tutor, I would be remiss were I to skew your impressions before you had the chance to formulate them yourself.† (source)
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As soon as he had apologized for the remissness of his memory, he asked me if he should send Boots for Mr. Pumblechook?† (source)
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Nonetheless, I would be remiss in my role as the impartial referee not to explore ways to arrive at an outcome that will give all sides something, though less than what they would like.† (source)
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He resolved that never through remissness would he make himself liable to such a visitation or do or omit aught that might merit even verbal reproof.† (source)
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How remiss I am to let you stay up so long.† (source)
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Is this owing to the generosity of him in whose possession it is found, or to the remissness of the officers of justice?† (source)
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Her mother called her remiss and indifferent.† (source)
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He did not like to own that he had not as yet been to his parents' and his dear sister Anne—a remissness for which I am sure every well-regulated person will blame the Major.† (source)
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