be derelict
Example Sentences
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Responding to a call of a possible domestic disturbance, “I would be derelict in my duty if I didn’t investigate,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024
One can say that Smith would be derelict in not at least attempting to secure their testimony, leaving everything else aside.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2023
Q: I would be derelict if I didn't ask what you thought about the "Jeopardy" meshugas and LeVar Burton not being selected as host?
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2021
“If we do not act now, we would be derelict in our duty,” Pelosi, wearing solemn black and a pin resembling the mace of the republic, told the chamber at noon.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2019
Still, the following two theoretical results are of such fundamental importance that I’d be derelict were I not to mention them at all.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
