noun
- the quality or state of being careless or negligent in performing duties or responsibilities
Usage: formal
Examples
- The teacher criticized the student’s remissness in completing assignments.
- His remissness in maintaining the equipment led to costly repairs.
- The company’s remissness in safety protocols resulted in an accident.
- She was fired for her remissness in handling customer complaints.
- The audit revealed remissness in the accounting department’s record-keeping.
- The manager’s remissness in supervising staff created workplace problems.