adjective
- 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.
adjective (postpositive)
- lacking in care or attention to duty; negligent
- lacking in energy; dilatory
early 15c., “weak, dissolved,” from Latin remissus “relaxed, languid; negligent,” past participle of remittere “slacken, abate, let go” (see remit). Meaning “characterized by lack of strictness” is attested from mid-15c.; that of “characterized by negligence” is from mid-15c.