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  • 31be remiss — index default Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 32be remiss — act negligently toward someone …

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  • 33remissory — remissˈory adjective Of remission • • • Main Entry: ↑remiss …

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  • 34derelict — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wreck, hull; outcast; slacker, drifter, beachcomber, castaway. adj. castaway, wrecked, stranded, abandoned, deserted, forsaken; delinquent, negligent, neglectful, remiss. See neglect, relinquishment.… …

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  • 35lax — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. loose, flaccid, limp, slack; remiss, careless, weak; relaxed, lawless, chaotic, disorderly; unbridled; anarchical, unauthorized. See lateness, softness, neglect, impurity.Ant., strict, tense. II… …

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  • 36slack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. careless, lax, negligent, remiss; loose, limp, flaccid, relaxed; sluggish, stagnant; dull, slow, not busy, light. See neglect, inactivity, softness, insufficiency. Ant., tight, taut. II (Roget s IV) …

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  • 37negligent — negligent, neglectful, lax, slack, remiss are comparable when applied to persons, their ways of working or acting, and the results of their work or activities with the meaning culpably careless or manifesting such carelessness. Negligent implies… …

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  • 38neglect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Disregard Nouns 1. neglect, negligence, carelessness, heedlessness, thoughtlessness, dereliction, delinquency; omission, oversight, laches, default; benign neglect; rashness; procrastination. See… …

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  • 39negligent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See neglect. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. inattentive, neglectful, careless, offhand; see careless 1 , remiss , unconcerned . See Synonym Study at remiss . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. careless …

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  • 40neglectful — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. heedless, negligent, negligent of, inattentive; see careless 1 , lazy 1 , remiss . See Synonym Study at remiss . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. careless, remiss, derelict, negligent, inattentive, slack, lax,… …

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