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- Dictionarya·miss/əˈmis/
adjective
- 1. not quite right; inappropriate or out of place: "there was something amiss about his calculations"
adverb
- 1. wrongly or inappropriately: "how terrible was the danger of her loving amiss"
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1. : not being in accordance with right order. 2. : faulty, imperfect. There's nothing/something amiss with the engine. 3. : out of place in given circumstances usually used with a negative.
AMISS definition: 1. wrong, not suitable, or not as expected: 2. If something might/would not go amiss, it would be…. Learn more.
When things are out of their proper places or not happening the way they should, we say they are amiss. Sherlock Holmes, like many sharp detectives, would quickly notice when something was amiss at a crime scene.
Amiss definition: out of the right or proper course, order, or condition; improperly; wrongly; astray. See examples of AMISS used in a sentence.
If you say that something is amiss, you mean there is something wrong. Their instincts warned them something was amiss. Something is radically amiss in our health care system.
Define amiss. amiss synonyms, amiss pronunciation, amiss translation, English dictionary definition of amiss. adj. 1. Out of proper order: What is amiss? 2. Not in perfect shape; faulty. adv. In an improper, defective, unfortunate, or mistaken way. American...
AMISS definition: 1. If something is amiss, there is something wrong: 2. If something would not go amiss, it would…. Learn more.
Definition of amiss adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. amiss. adjective. /əˈmɪs/ [not before noun] wrong; not as it should be. She sensed something was amiss and called the police. He shone a light inside and saw nothing amiss. They had noticed something amiss with the engines. Word Origin. Join us.
amiss. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English a‧miss1 /əˈmɪs/ adjective [ not before noun] if something is amiss, there is a problem SYN wrong Elsa continued as if nothing was amiss. amiss with/in There’s something amiss in their relationship.
What is amiss? American Heritage. Wrong, faulty, improper, etc. Webster's New World. Not in perfect shape; faulty. American Heritage. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. He suspected something was amiss. Something amiss in the arrangements had distracted the staff. Wiktionary. Synonyms: crappy. sour. wrong.
