amiss /əˈmɪs/
  (a.)有毛病的,出差錯的(ad.)有毛病,出差錯的
  A·miss adv.  Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
     What error drives our eyes and ears amiss?   --Shak.
     Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss.   --James iv. 3.
  To take (an act, thing) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to (an act or thing); to take offense at; to take unkindly; as, you must not take these questions amiss.
  A·miss a. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.
  Note: [Used only in the predicate.]
     His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that which is amiss in himself or his circumstances.   --Wollaston.
  A·miss, n. A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.]
     Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss.   --Shak.
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  amiss
       adj : not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone
             completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the
             engine" [syn: amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)]
       adv 1: away from the correct or expected course; "something has
              gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss
              in the preparations" [syn: awry]
       2: in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; "if you
          think him guilty you judge amiss"; "he spoke amiss"; "no
          one took it amiss when she spoke frankly"
       3: in an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly
          developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if
          she practiced more"- Jane Austen [syn: imperfectly]
          [ant: perfectly]