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amiss

a·miss [ ə míss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
wrong: incorrect, inappropriate, or not as it should be
We knew immediately from the disorder in the house that something was amiss.



adverb 
Definition:
 
incorrectly: incorrectly or inappropriately
Things began to go amiss after she left.

[13th century. < Old Norse á mis "so as to miss"]

take something amiss to be upset or offended by something, even though no offense was intended

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