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remiss

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Main Entry: remiss
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: careless, thoughtless

Synonyms:

any old way, any which way, asleep at switch, asleep on job, behindhand, culpable, daydreaming, defaultant, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, disregardful, fainéant, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, neglectful, negligent, regardless, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slothful, slow, tardy, uninterested, unmindful, woolgathering

Antonyms:

careful, mindful, scrupulous, thorough, thoughtful
Main Entry: belated
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: late, slow

Synonyms:

behind time, behindhand, delayed, long-delayed, overdue, remiss, tardy, unpunctual

Antonyms:

early, on time, punctual, timely
Main Entry: careless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: without sufficient attention

Synonyms:

absent-minded, abstracted, casual, cursory, disregardful, forgetful, hasty, heedless, improvident, imprudent, inaccurate, inadvertent, incautious, inconsiderate, indifferent, indiscreet, indolent, injudicious, irresponsible, lackadaisical, lax, loose, mindless, napping, negligent, nonchalant, oblivious, offhand, perfunctory, pococurante, reckless, regardless, remiss, slipshod, sloppy, thoughtless, uncircumspect, unconcerned, unguarded, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unreflective, unthinking, wasteful
Notes: carefree means free of trouble and worry and care while careless means marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful

Antonyms:

accurate, attentive, careful, cautious, concerned, mindful, painstaking, prudent, ready, thoughtful
Main Entry: delinquent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: irresponsible, defaulting

Synonyms:

behind, blamable, blameworthy, careless, censurable, criminal, culpable, defaultant, derelict, disregardful, faulty, guilty, lax, neglectful, negligent, offending, overdue, procrastinating, red-handed, remiss, reprehensible, shabby, slack, tardy, unpaid

Antonyms:

behaving, careful, responsible
Main Entry: derelict
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: careless, negligent

Synonyms:

behindhand, delinquent, disregardful, irresponsible, lax, regardless, remiss, slack, undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy

Antonyms:

careful, caring
Main Entry: dilatory
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: procrastinating

Synonyms:

backward, behindhand, dallying, delaying, deliberate, laggard, late, lax, lazy, leisurely, lingering, loitering, moratory, neglectful, negligent, putting off, remiss, slack, slow, sluggish, snail-like, tardy, tarrying, time-wasting, unhasty, unhurried

Antonyms:

diligent, eager, enthusiastic, hard-working, ready, zealous
Main Entry: forgetful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: tending to not remember

Synonyms:

absent, absent-minded, abstracted, airheaded, amnemonic, amnesic, asleep on the job, bemused, careless, distracted, dreamy, heedless, inattentive, lax, like an absent-minded professor, looking out window, mooning, moony, neglectful, negligent, nirvanic, not on the job, oblivious, out of it, out to lunch, pipe dreaming, preoccupied, remiss, slack, sloppy, unmindful, unwitting, woolgathering

Antonyms:

attentive, mindful, recalling, remembering, retentive
Main Entry: inattentive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: negligent, not paying attention

Synonyms:

absent, absentminded, apathetic, blind, bored, careless, distracted, distrait, distraught, diverted, dreamy, faraway, heedless, inadvertent, indifferent, inobservant, listless, lost*, musing, neglectful, oblivious, off-guard, out to lunch, preoccupied, rapt, regardless, remiss, removed, scatterbrained, thoughtless, unconscious, undiscerning, unheeding, unmindful, unnoticing, unobservant, unobserving, unperceiving, unthinking, unwatchful, vague

Antonyms:

attentive, heedful, looking, noticing, observant
Main Entry: late
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not on time

Synonyms:

backward, behind, behind time, behindhand, belated, blown, delayed, dilatory, eleventh-hour, gone, held up, hung up, in a bind, in the lurch, jammed, lagging, last-minute, missed the boat, out of luck, overdue, postponed, put off, remiss, slow, stayed, strapped, tardy, too late, unpunctual

Antonyms:

early, on time, prompt, punctual
Main Entry: lazy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: inactive, sluggish

Synonyms:

apathetic, asleep on the job, careless, comatose, dallying, dilatory, drowsy, dull, flagging, idle, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, languid, languorous, lethargic, lifeless, loafing, neglectful, out of it, passive, procrastinating, remiss, shiftless, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, slow-moving, snoozy, somnolent, supine, tardy, tired, torpid, trifling, unconcerned, unenergetic, unindustrious, unpersevering, unready, weary

Antonyms:

active, diligent, energetic, hard-working, industrious, lively
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