amissa‧miss1 /əˈmɪs/ adjective [not before noun]Word Origin
WORD ORIGINamiss
Origin:
1200-1300miss ‘mistake, failure’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Even the hounds sensed something was amiss and became still, tails pressed between hind legs, watching.
He had never been afraid or apprehensive before, but now he realised that something was amiss.
I went out on to the roof to have a look and at first I could see nothing amiss.
The right brain noted something amiss ... Meanwhile, Yeremi's logical tech-side dreamed.
The workers decided to investigate the carriages, to see what was amiss.
if something is amiss, there is a problemSYN wrong: Elsa continued as if nothing was amiss.amiss with/in There’s something amiss in their relationship.
amiss1adjectiveamiss2adverb
amissamiss2 adverb British EnglishExamples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Begging you will not take it amiss I shall ever be your dutiful servant.
There was also a pair of blue-rimmed glasses which Dame Edna Everage wouldn't have looked amiss in.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB►go
· Another plea may not go amiss.· Adding a few seconds to your dev.time to allow for the stop, etc. wouldn't go amiss.· Keep your orders and shipping together in a separate folder so you can refer to them later something goes amiss.· An apology wouldn't go amiss.· And that is why a brief prayer to St Zeno never goes amiss, when you go fishing with a hook.· She was the incarnation of everything that had gone amiss in Sylvie's own life.· A bit of patience will not go amiss in this area either: what one sows another reaps.· In this climate, a down-home bear hug and attendant back slapping probably wouldn't go amiss.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY►something would not come/go amiss
A last round of the rooms wouldn't come amiss.
A little humility in the medical debate would not go amiss.
A little thank you to the Ombudsman would not go amiss. --------------------.
A tankful of petrol wouldn't come amiss.
Adding a few seconds to your dev.time to allow for the stop, etc. wouldn't go amiss.
An apology wouldn't go amiss.
In this climate, a down-home bear hug and attendant back slapping probably wouldn't go amiss.
This remained a most important consideration, but some relaxation of the original prohibition would not go amiss.
► take something amiss
1 something would not come/go amiss informal used to say that something would be suitable or useful in a situation: A cup of tea wouldn’t go amiss.2 take something amiss to feel upset or offended about something that someone has said or done: Don’t take it amiss – I was just teasing.