amiss
adjective
1. not functioning properly
- something is amiss
Similar word(s): malfunctioning, nonfunctional, awry, haywire, wrong
Sentences with amiss as an adjective:
- He suspected something was amiss.
- Something amiss in the arrangements had distracted the staff.
adverb
1. away from the correct or expected course
- something went badly amiss in the preparations
Similar word(s): awry
2. in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner
- if you think him guilty you judge amiss
- he spoke amiss
- no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly
3. in an imperfect or faulty way
- Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more
Similar word(s): imperfectly
noun
1. (obsolete) Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.