predic.
- not quite right, inappropriate or out of place不太正确的, 不怎么恰当的; 不合时宜的：
there was something amiss about his calculations.
他的计算有些问题。
- dated wrongly or inappropriately〈旧〉错误地; 不正确地：
the prime minister may have constructed his cabinet a little amiss.
首相的组阁可能不太妥当。
短语
take something amiss
- be offended by something that is said, especially through misinterpreting the intentions behind it因…而见怪（尤指误解意图）
something would not go（或come）amiss
- the specified thing would be welcome and useful受欢迎的, 称心的：
you look as if a good meal wouldn't come amiss.
看你的样子好好吃一顿是合你意的。
词源
Middle English: probably from Old Norse ámis 'so as to miss'， from á 'on' + mis （related to MISS1）.