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amiss
[uh-mis]
adverb
out of the right or proper course, order, or condition; improperly; wrongly; astray.
Did I speak amiss?
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adjective
improper; wrong; faulty.
I think something is amiss in your calculations.
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amiss
/ əˈɪ /
adverb
in an incorrect, inappropriate, or defective manner
to be annoyed or offended by something
adjective
(postpositive) wrong, incorrect, or faulty
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of amiss1
Idioms and Phrases
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand.
I couldn't think of a way to present my view so that no one would take it amiss.
Example Sentences
After, I will say things like, “When did you start realizing something was amiss? Did any of you get ahead of it?”
Similarly a section of old classics such as Crazy In Love and Irreplaceable had the crowd singing every word, proving perhaps that a few more classics wouldn't have gone amiss.
Sophie realised something was amiss when people began to contact her to say they had seen the videos.
It was the early 1980s when residents of a Pasadena neighborhood noticed something amiss at the nearby crematorium.
Nevertheless, some help from mother nature would not go amiss.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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