Something that is out of order or not quite right.
Dennis Amiss was born in 1943.
"Amiss" is an adverb. It describes how the verb/action in the sentence was performed. It should be used after the verb. Example: "I was really just wandering amiss." Here, 'wandering' is the verb and amiss describes how I was wondering.
The car was amiss, so I called the mechanic to repair it.She led me amiss during the case, because she did not want me to solve it.
She led me amiss during the case, because she did not want me to solve it.
Something was amiss, so I turned on the lights.
Under the circumstances it would not be amiss to offer our congratulations.
The mother thought that something may be amiss because her children had gone very quiet. .
My calculations were amiss after solving the math problem, because my teacher got a different answer.
You can use amiss as either an adjective or an adverb. Following this sentence, you will find several sentences using amiss. If you cannot balance your checkbook, then either your records or your calculations must be amiss. Alice sensed that something was amiss when she ate some candy and suddenly grew to be nine feet tall. I fear that mail delivery in my neighborhood may be amiss, as I still have not received my acceptance from USC and I know that this school of my dreams would not reject me.
I believe remiss is used to describe a person or personal qualitites, whereas amiss is used to describe nouns (for example: Something was amiss...the orders were removed from the computer"
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Wish Gone Amiss Weekend was created on 2007-07-13.