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amiss

[uh-mis] / əˈmɪs /
ADJECTIVE
wrong; defective
Synonyms
STRONGEST
awry improper untoward
WEAK
bad confused crooked erring erroneous fallacious false faulty flawed foul glitched up haywire imperfect inaccurate inappropriate incorrect mistaken out of order sick unfair unlawful unsuitable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
proper suitable
WEAK
good right
ADVERB
wrongly; defectively
Synonyms
WEAK
afield afoul badly erringly erroneously faultily improperly inappropriately incorrectly mistakenly out of turn unfavorably unsuitably
Antonyms
WEAK
good right well

Example Sentences

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As for your husband’s IRAs, something is amiss.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Or is there something really amiss in this paradise?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

She says one of the early clues that something was seriously amiss came when she took him to the US for specialist proton treatment.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

It previously declined to comment on the accounting issues, although it did release an independent audit that found nothing amiss.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

If anything was amiss, he would do his best to make it right.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.