remiss
Example Sentences
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It would be remiss of me to not take that responsibility seriously, but at the same time, that’s not why I set out to do it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
It would be remiss not to say I wish I had got to world number one, but that wasn't in my path.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025
Shawnee Smith in "Saw" However, we’d be remiss if we didn’t consider the “Saw” movies, which sit at the other end of Perkins’ spectrum of pastiche.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2025
Having just written an entire article about the dangers of universalized single-cause explanations, though, I would be remiss in putting the blame for dysfunction and discontent entirely on the media.
From Slate • Dec. 19, 2024
The chaplain shook his head, feeling despicably remiss because he did not know how to delegate responsibility and had no initiative, and because he really had been tempted to disagree with the colonel.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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