Example sentences for: remiss

How can you use “remiss” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • OK, so maybe that one doesn't work, but I thought I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the biggest local news of the week (all right, who am I trying to kid, the year) here in Madison: Wisconsin is going to the Rose Bowl!

  • Lately, we have been remiss only in writing discouraging letters to job applicants, because virtually all have written merely to a name and address found in a list of book or periodical publishers.

  • But grammar enters the picture here, too, and dictionaries are remiss in syntactic description of how the language works in comparison with what its words mean, how they are spelled and pronounced, and where they came from.

  • Indeed, we would be remiss in our duty if we failed to mention it.


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