adj satadj.allnot functioning properlySynset:awry haywire wrong
Examples:- something is amiss
- has gone completely haywire
- something is wrong with the engine
Antonyms:functioning
Inherited Hypernyms:amiss
Similar to:malfunctioning nonfunctional
advadv.allin an improper or mistaken or unfortunate mannerExamples:- if you think him guilty you judge amiss
- he spoke amiss
- no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly
Inherited Hypernyms:amiss
advadv.allin an imperfect or faulty waySynset:imperfectly
Examples:- The lobe was imperfectly developed
- Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more - Jane Austen
Antonyms:perfectly
Pertainyms:imperfect
Inherited Hypernyms:imperfectly