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Sentence count:93+10Posted:2017-02-03Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: amissawryawryhaywireimperfectlywrongSimilar words: famishedsqueamishremissdismissmissionmissingmissilemisspendMeaning: [ə'mɪs]  adj. not functioning properly. adv. 1. away from the correct or expected course 2. in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner 3. in an imperfect or faulty way. 
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(31) Another plea may not go amiss.
(32) At a loss, Amiss stood there irresolute.
(33) He was still wary of her taking things amiss.
(34) Princesse Mathilde chatted on, pretending nothing was amiss.
(35) An apology wouldn't go amiss.
(36) Amiss cursed himself for a soft-hearted fool.
(37) Before a system collapses, however, it often displays signs that something is amiss.
(38) She blinked hard, blew her nose,[http://sentencedict.com/amiss.html] and was relieved that Luke didn't appear to notice anything amiss.
(39) It was greatly taken amiss that they were not to be seen in the bombed vicinities.
(40) Amiss wondered if apoplexy would ensue, but all that followed was silence.
(41) The workers decided to investigate the carriages, to see what was amiss.
(42) The film has its rough patches: particularly the implausible speed with which Jeanne catches on to something being amiss with Mika.
(43) And that is why a brief prayer to St Zeno never goes amiss, when you go fishing with a hook.
(44) This remained a most important consideration, but some relaxation of the original prohibition would not go amiss.
(45) Amiss had an almost overwhelming desire to cadge a cigarette in order to demonstrate solidarity, but he repressed it.
(46) Data collected via the ring is monitored by a computer, which alerts the doctor if something is amiss.
(47) The first step is to notice that something is amiss in the way the child learns and behaves in school.
(48) A little humility in the medical debate would not go amiss.
(49) The right brain noted something amiss ... Meanwhile, Yeremi's logical tech-side dreamed.
(50) There was also a pair of blue-rimmed glasses which Dame Edna Everage wouldn't have looked amiss in.
(51) Amiss hovered in the gallery, hoping to waylay an informant.
(52) Jim Redding, my chief mechanical designer, and I followed the lorry all the way to make sure nothing went amiss.
(53) Amiss stayed hidden in his enclosure, nervously examining his body for signs of damage.
(54) Keep your orders and shipping together in a separate folder so you can refer to them later something goes amiss.
(55) I went out on to the roof to have a look and at first I could see nothing amiss.
(56) Adding a few seconds to your dev.time to allow for the stop, etc. wouldn't go amiss.
(57) Amiss was fascinated by the range of inarticulate sounds they could produce.
(58) She was the incarnation of everything that had gone amiss in Sylvie's own life.
(59) He had never been afraid or apprehensive before, but now he realised that something was amiss.
(60) A little thank you to the Ombudsman would not go amiss. --------------------.
More similar words: famishedsqueamishremissdismissmissionmissingmissilemisspendemissionadmissiondismissalpermissioncommissionadmissiblepermissiblemissionarycommissionersubmissivelyreadmissiontransmissionamidamityfamilyfaminedynamicexaminevitaminamiableIslamicceramics
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