amiss
24
5.8
- adjective
- /əˈmɪs/
- But I'm sure if the nurses had seen anything amiss, I would have been notified.
- seems amiss
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Watch on YouTubeI would never know anything was amiss, any of it.
- I would never know anything was amiss, any of it.
- He says in these cases, cases of anger, it magnifies everything which is amiss in others.
- But there's something seriously amiss here.
- And you'd know that something was amiss and you'd abort the protocol and the attack would fail.
- Another from their girlfriend, another from pointless display of education and literary studies that don't heal what is amiss.
- But one of them grew up in a stifling house where nothing could be amiss, and that person wants creative space to to mess things up and to be creative.
- Now, at this extreme level, it may be more clearly apparent that something is amiss, but don't assume everyone sees it.
Examples
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Clearly, there is something amiss when physically active girls refuse to participate in physical education classes.
Academic text (2002) -
I thought it best, seeing that something was amiss in the house.
Fiction book (1993) -
I see nothing amiss in what the Times wrote on January 3.
Academic text (1995) -
I take it something is amiss.
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If a chief inspector called to tell special investigations that nothing was amiss, then something was very much amiss, indeed.
Fiction book (2002) -
So many things can go amiss on a sea voyage; I knew you'd need my services.
Fiction book (1995) -
It's just the body's way of telling us that something's amiss.
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Torch in hand, the priest examined the engine and, finding nothing amiss, tried to restart it.
Fiction book (1991) -
They might make you a bit drowsy, But from the looks of you, I don't think a few hours' sleep would go amiss.
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Sandra immediately felt that something was amiss when she noticed the front door was ajar.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not working correctly
187
1.4
A thing that has errors or does not follow rules
182
1.3
There is a problem with a situation, person, or thing
99
4.3
Not correct or exact, with mistakes
40
6.8
Not happening as planned and causing trouble
35
6.7
Not correct because of a mistake
24
3.5
Not correct because it has mistakes, for example in an argument or plan
Antonyms
How Wrong
Surface Forms
Etymology
The adjective amiss comes from the same parts: a- 'on' + miss 'fail' or 'go wrong'. That's why if something is amiss it is 'wrong' or faulty.