If you are remiss, you failed to do something you were supposed to do — not because you attacked the job and did it badly, but because you let it slide. It points at a duty left undone.

If you are remiss如果你remiss（疏忽） you failed to do something you were supposed to do是指你沒做到你該做的事 not because you attacked the job and did it badly不是因為你去做了但做得不好 but because you let it slide而是因為你放著沒管 It points at a duty left undone它指的是一項該盡卻沒盡的責任

The word is formal, and a little old-fashioned.

The word is formal, and a little old-fashioned這個字很正式，也有點老派

Its most common home is a polite set phrase: “I would be remiss if I didn’t thank you.” You will also hear “the school was remiss in not warning parents.” Younger people in casual talk more often say “I forgot” or “I didn’t do my job.” You use remiss of a person, or of their care in a duty, not of a thing (“a remiss report” sounds wrong). It is an adjective, not a verb.

Its most common home is a polite set phrase最常見的用法是一句客氣的固定說法 “I would be remiss if I didn’t thank you.”像是「I would be remiss if I didn’t thank you」（不謝謝你就太失職了） You will also hear “the school was remiss in not warning parents.”你也會聽到「the school was remiss in not warning parents」（學校沒警告家長是失職） Younger people in casual talk more often say “I forgot” or “I didn’t do my job.”年輕人平常講話比較常說「我忘了」或「我沒做好我的工作」 You use remiss of a person, or of their care in a duty, not of a thing remiss是用在人身上，或人對某項責任的態度，不會用在物品上 (“a remiss report” sounds wrong)（說「a remiss report」聽起來就怪怪的） It is an adjective, not a verb它是形容詞，不是動詞