Remiss vs Untidy - What's the difference?
remiss | untidy | Related terms |
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
Sloppy.
Disorganized.
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Remiss is a related term of untidy.
As adjectives the difference between remiss and untidy
is that remiss is at fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations while untidy is sloppy.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
* ----untidy
English
Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}