Thesaurus: amiss

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1. adv. Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
2. a. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.
3. n. A fault, wrong, or mistake.
4. adj. not functioning properly
5. adv. away from the correct or expected course
6. adv. in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner
7. adv. in an imperfect or faulty way
8. Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.What error drives our eyes and ears amiss Shak.Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3.To take (an act, thing) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to (an act orthing); to take offense at' to take unkindly; as, you must not takethese questions amiss.
9. r:100 s. not functioning properly r. in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner