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remissness

/ri-mis/US // rɪˈmɪs //UK // (rɪˈmɪs) //

无能,无责任感,不负责任,失职

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.: He's terribly remiss in his work.
    • : characterized by negligence or carelessness.
    • : lacking force or energy; languid; sluggish.

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Examples

  • No restaurant is perfect, and I’d be remiss to gloss over some uneven meals during Johnny’s time on the Hill.

  • QuibiThough not a traditional publisher, we would be remiss to not include Quibi’s short but impactful life.

  • Finally, I would be remiss if I didn’t direct those of you seeking a more in-depth look at DoorDash and Airbnb to check out some of Danielle’s coverage this week.

  • I’ve been remiss in not sharing with you our winner for the Dow 30K contest.

  • I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that Mallun’s fund, Operator Collective, operates on that principle.

  • They relate to the culpable remissness of these Knoxville leaders in failing to volunteer in the cause of the Confederacy.

  • His first plan had failed through the remissness of others; his second effort to move had been made abortive by the storm.

  • Even then his strange remissness would not have impressed itself upon him but for a startling discovery.

  • The remissness of our people in paying taxes is highly blameable, the unwillingness to pay them is still more so.

  • It also explains his remissness in leaving Grouchy to exercise full discretion as to his movements.