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Definition of: amiss
(ə·mis′) adjective
Out of order or relation; wrong; improper: used predicatively: Something is amiss.
—adverb
1. Improperly.
2. Erroneously.
3. Defectively.
—to take amiss To take offense at; feel resentment toward. [ME amis <a- at + mis miss2]
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