Definition of amiss

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Amiss (a.) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice..

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Extramission :: Extramission (n.) A sending out; emission.
Wrong :: Wrong (adv.) In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.
A- :: A- () A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English
Miscopy :: Miscopy (v. t.) To copy amiss.
Misspend :: Misspend (v. t.) To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money..
Misconduct :: Misconduct (v. i.) To behave amiss.
Amissibility :: Amissibility () The quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost.
Mislive :: Mislive (v. i.) To live amiss.
Mistreat :: Mistreat (v. t.) To treat amiss; to abuse.
Agrief :: Agrief (adv.) In grief; amiss.
Misconsecrate :: Misconsecrate (v. t.) To consecrate amiss.
Mis- :: Mis- () A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief, miscreant..
Misemploy :: Misemploy (v. t.) To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc..
Mistutor :: Mistutor (v. t.) To instruct amiss.
Misturn :: Misturn (v. t.) To turn amiss; to pervert.
Para- :: Para- () A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism..
Amission :: Amission (n.) Deprivation; loss.
Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
Mispersuade :: Mispersuade (v. t.) To persuade amiss.
Misread :: Misread (v. t.) To read amiss; to misunderstand in reading.
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