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Amiss has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adjective · Adverb

Definitions
Noun
1

Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

Adjective
1

not functioning properly

"something is amiss"

"has gone completely haywire"

"something is wrong with the engine"

2

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

Adverb
1

away from the correct or expected course

"something has gone awry in our plans"

"something went badly amiss in the preparations"

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

"The lobe was imperfectly developed"

"Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"

4

Wrongly; mistakenly

Example Sentences
"something is amiss" adjective
"has gone completely haywire" adjective
"something is wrong with the engine" adjective
"something has gone awry in our plans" adverb
"something went badly amiss in the preparations" adverb
"if you think him guilty you judge amiss" adverb
"he spoke amiss" adverb
"no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly" adverb
"The lobe was imperfectly developed" adverb
"Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more" adverb
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