Another word for remiss
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Guilty of neglect; lacking due care or concern
- Deserted by the owner; abandoned; forsaken
- An object that has been abandoned by its owner; an individual who is homeless, drunk or disorderly.
- Deserted by an owner or keeper; abandoned:
- Slack; of a loose texture; not rigid or tight
- Not taut, firm, or compact; slack.
- Having lax bowels
- Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention.
- Characterized by neglect; heedless:
- (Law) Culpable due to negligence.
- Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.
- Careless, lax, inattentive, or indifferent
- (Linguistics) Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed; lax.
- Moving slowly; sluggish:
- Not tense or taut; loose:
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- Slack , in this connection, implies lack of necessary diligence, efficiency, etc. as because of laziness or indifference slack service in a restaurant
- Lax implies looseness in satisfying or enforcing requirements, observing standards or rules, etc. lax discipline
- Derelict implies flagrant neglect of a duty or obligation
- Negligent and neglectful both imply failure to attend to something sufficiently or properly, but negligent often stresses inattentiveness or carelessness as a habit or trait negligent in dress, and neglectful carries an implication of intentional and culpable disregard a mayor neglectful of pledges made to the voters
- Remiss implies the culpable omission or the careless or indifferent performance of a task or duty remiss in one's obligations
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