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adverb

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Recent Examples of amiss
Adjective
That kiss, though, went amiss, when Samantha put her left hand to his neck to stop that buss. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 Mar. 2025 The Chiefs’ brass traveled to West Palm Beach, Florida for the NFL’s annual meetings this week, and something was amiss. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
Adverb
The whole incident -- from realizing something was going amiss to hitting the water -- only lasted one or two minutes. Leah Asmelash, CNN, 21 Aug. 2019 This connectivity can provide a sense of brain organization, and there's a growing body of evidence that this organization goes amiss in those with neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2018 See All Example Sentences for amiss
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amiss
Adjective
  • That leads estate planners to recommend to some clients an intentionally defective grantor trust (IDGT).
    Bob Carlson, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The parts planning team, which uses a separate system with different data, mistakenly orders a big batch of the now defective parts before getting the update.
    Sean O'Neill, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But even one in three Republicans said their cost of living was on the wrong track, according to the poll, which surveyed 4,306 U.S. adults nationwide between April 16 and April 21.
    Jason Lange, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • For the past two decades, a majority of voters have almost without interruption said the country is on the wrong track, through multiple presidential administrations from different parties.
    Jared Gans, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • President Donald Trump intends to completely reimagine U.S. trade relations with our closest partners and fiercest rivals, for better or worse.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Monday started inauspiciously when Davion Mitchell threw a bad pass to Kel’el Ware; Cleveland’s Jarrett Allen intercepted and dunked in transition.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • If a player guesses incorrect groups of words four times, the game ends, and they are defeated.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Many patients walk away with incorrect prescriptions.
    Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Ben Simmons missed a hook in the paint badly and wasn’t used after the first quarter.
    Law Murray, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Nazar, 13, is on the long road to recovery with support from UNICEF and partners after being badly injured by an explosive remnant of war in eastern Ukraine.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, their weird, imperfect, genuine selves remain hidden.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • But Coyle argues that imperfect estimates are better than assuming a price of zero, which is assuredly wrong.
    Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s as the league continues its investigation of longtime Ravens kicker Justin Tucker, who was accused of inappropriate behavior by 16 massage therapists as part of an investigation by The Baltimore Banner.
    Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Herro was asked this as well: Is the type of the comment that Garland made inappropriate for a player to say about another player?
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Olivia Heller/The Hustle For-profit developers, for one thing, often find church and synagogue properties unsuitable for redevelopment.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Such glues and taped seams make Gore-tex jackets unsuitable for chemical recycling.
    Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Amiss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amiss. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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