amiss
adjective
[ əˈmɪs ]
• not quite right; inappropriate or out of place.
• "there was something amiss about his calculations"
Similar:
wrong,
awry,
faulty,
out of order,
defective,
unsatisfactory,
incorrect,
untoward,
adrift,
astray,
inappropriate,
improper,
unsuitable,
Opposite:
right,
in order,
amiss
adverb
• wrongly or inappropriately.
• "the prime minister may have constructed his cabinet a little amiss"
Origin:
Middle English: probably from Old Norse á mis ‘so as to miss’, from á ‘on’ + mis (related to miss1).
