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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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: out of place in given circumstances usually used with a negative. A few remarks may not be amiss here. Synonyms. Adverb. erroneously. faultily. improperly.
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.
AMISS meaning: 1. wrong, not suitable, or not as expected: 2. If something might/would not go amiss, it would be…. Learn more.
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.
AMISS definition: 1. If something is amiss, there is something wrong: 2. If something would not go amiss, it would…. Learn more.
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. adjective. /əˈmɪs/. /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.
Synonyms for AMISS: defective, bad, imperfect, flawed, broken, faulty, damaged, incomplete; Antonyms of AMISS: perfect, whole, complete, entire, intact, faultless, impeccable, flawless
