Remiss vs Ignore - What's the difference?
remiss | ignore |
At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.
Not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless; tardy; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.
* Milton
* Woodward
To deliberately pay no attention to.
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As an adjective remiss
is at fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.As a verb ignore is
to deliberately pay no attention to.remiss
English
Adjective
(-)- I would certainly be remiss if I did not give credit where credit was due.
- Thou never wast remiss , I bear thee witness.
- Its motion becomes more languid and remiss .
Synonyms
* at fault, blameworthy, negligent, reprehensibleSee also
* remiseAnagrams
* ----ignore
English
Verb
(ignor)Mark Tran
Denied an education by war, passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored , effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools