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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?
Synonyms: unsuitably, inappropriately
amiss
/ əˈmɪs /
adverb
- in an incorrect, inappropriate, or defective manner
- take something amissto be annoyed or offended by something
adjective
- postpositive wrong, incorrect, or faulty
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of amiss1
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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.
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Example Sentences
Something is clearly amiss in the global antiquities market.
He did not suspect anything was amiss until he returned home that evening and found them gone.
They wonder what has gone wrong, they wonder what they have done amiss.
All of this happened in daylight, and controllers were aware that something was amiss.
There seems to be a prevalent feeling that something is amiss at Apple.
He saw in an instant that something was amiss, and drew from her a confession that her back was aching a little.
Although it is impossible, within the limits of this little volume, to give many hints upon riding, a few may not be amiss.
It seems to me, amongst the subjects treated of in my present work, that a few words on health will not come amiss.
But as the day wore on it became plain to everybody at Heston—to Roger first and foremost—that something was much amiss.
And as the days went on it grew plain to me that there was somewhat amiss about the court here.
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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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