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amiss.

Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/əˈmɪs/UK, US
  1. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.

    predicative
    He suspected something was amiss.
    Something amiss in the arrangements had distracted the staff.
Where this word comes from

From a- + miss.

adv/əˈmɪs/UK, US
  1. Wrongly; mistakenly

    archaic · not-comparable
  2. Astray.

    not-comparable
  3. Imperfectly.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From a- + miss.

noun/əˈmɪs/UK, US
  1. Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From a- + miss.

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