Slipshod vs Remiss - What's the difference?
slipshod | remiss | Related terms |
Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.
* 1880 , ":
* 1999 Aug. 22, Johanna McGeary, "
(obsolete) Wearing slippers or similarly open shoes.
* 1840 , :
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
Slipshod is a related term of remiss.
As adjectives the difference between slipshod and remiss
is that slipshod is done poorly or too quickly; slapdash while remiss is at fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.slipshod
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp.
Buried Alive," Time :
- Newspapers pointed at greedy contractors who used shoddy materials, slipshod methods and the help of corrupt officials to bypass building codes.
- [T]hey wandered up and down hardly remembering the ways untrodden by their feet so long, and crying [...] as they slunk off in their rags, and dragged their slipshod feet along the pavement.
Synonyms
* See alsoremiss
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 .
