amiss
27
5.8
- adjective
- /əˈmɪs/
:
incorrecto
- But I'm sure if the nurses had seen anything amiss, I would have been notified.
- seems amiss
I 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
378
1.3
There is a problem with a situation, person, or thing
228
1.4
A thing that has errors or does not follow rules
113
4.3
Not correct or exact, with mistakes
41
6.7
Not correct because of a mistake
39
6.8
Not happening as planned and causing trouble
36
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.