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Amiss describes an action that is incorrect in some way, or a person or thing that has somehow gotten off course. (adverb)

An example of being amiss is when one person lies to another person.
An example of being amiss is when a person takes a wrong turn.

Amiss describes something that goes wrong, often due to a flaw of some type. (adverb)

When the family road trip is delayed a few days due to car trouble, it is an example of something going amiss.

Amiss describes a person, place, or thing not in tune with what is correct. (adjective)

An example of something amiss is when a school of fish are supposed to swim to a certain spot each year to reproduce, but a change in water temperatures prevents it from happening.

Amiss describes a person, place, or thing that is flawed or incorrect in some way. (adjective)

When a computer isn’t working properly and it configures incorrect data, it is an example of something that is amiss.

Amiss describes a person, place, or thing that is off or not right in a certain situation, yet it’s usually preceded by a negative. (adjective)

An example of amiss in the negative is when a teacher is late for class and she rushes in expecting mass chaos, but instead all the students are working hard and nothing is wrong.

See amiss in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See amiss in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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