The employee was remiss in his duties, often failing to meet deadlines.
这名员工在工作中疏忽,经常错过最后期限。
Choose the word that is most similar in meaning to “remiss”:
B — negligent. “remiss” means adj. lacking care or attention to duty; negligent
It would be truly ______ of me not to thank everyone who kindly helped.
A — remiss. “remiss” means adj. lacking care or attention to duty; negligent
remiss — adj. lacking care or attention to duty; negligent. In Chinese: 疏忽的,怠慢的.
remiss is pronounced /rɪˈmɪs/. It breaks into 2 syllables: re · miss.
The employee was remiss in his duties, often failing to meet deadlines. (这名员工在工作中疏忽,经常错过最后期限。)
negligent, careless, slack, lax — all close in meaning to remiss (adj. lacking care or attention to duty; negligent).
Yes. remiss appears on the iSEE Vocab Upper list, which covers 804 words for the ISEE and SSAT.
re-(again) + miss(miss) → miss again → remiss, neglectful.