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What does remiss mean?

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Adjective
  1. At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.
  2. Not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless; tardy; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.
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His wounds are severe, and I would feel remiss if I neglected to give him the Anointing of the Sick right away.
It would be sort of remiss for us to talk about this without saying, well, these guys just really aren't trained to do counseling.
I would be remiss in my hero-worship not to mention Marlon's darker aspects.
I have been very remiss in my posting and am here to profess my sorrow and renewed commitment.
And really, we don't know what happened, and I'd be remiss to even speculate about what did happen.
It would be remiss not to include the hypocrisy of police breaking the law themselves, while simultaneously enforcing it with an iron fist.

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