amiss

[US]/ə'mɪs/
[UK]/ə'mɪs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. faulty, mistaken
adv. incorrectly
Word Forms
Present Participleamissing
Pluralamisses

Phrases & Collocations

go amiss

something is amiss

detect something amiss

nothing is amiss

to come amiss

Example Sentences

Nothing is amiss with him.

There is something amiss with the machine.

there was something amiss about his calculations.

Amiss had to restrain his impatience.

Is there anything amiss with the computer?

There was nothing amiss that I could see.

His joke was taken amiss by some of the company.

Would she take it amiss if I offered to help?

Please don't take it amiss, if I point out your errors.

She sensed something was amiss right now!

A little luck wouldn’t go amiss right now!

Everything goes amiss with him, he has certainly bad luck.

Please don’t take it amiss if I venture to point out your errors.

Recording the amiss data in software test process and proceeding the reliability analyse is allimportant to control the software quality.

retrieved the ball from the end zone) or to the rectification of unfavorable consequences or the making good of something gone amiss or awry:

Real-world Examples

" Lord Tyrell might take that amiss" .

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

A bit and a drap wouldn't be amiss now, I reckon.

Source: Returning Home

But owing to the flutter she was in, everything went amiss.

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

Something is amiss, and I need you to find out what.

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

Besides, what can there be amiss in opening such a box as this?

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 3

Which, labouring for invention, bear amiss the second burden of a former child!

Source: The complete original version of the sonnet.

They fed in false data to verify that the quality-control system would catch anything amiss.

Source: New York Times

Be in your chamber then at that hour, and do not take it amiss if your visitor wear a mask.

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia

When you see something amiss, ask questions, because it is okay to challenge those in authority.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

For my part, I never saw her do amiss, except on the Friday before her death.

Source: Monk (Part 2)

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