I. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even the hounds sensed something was amiss and became still, tails pressed between hind legs, watching.
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He had never been afraid or apprehensive before, but now he realised that something was amiss .
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I went out on to the roof to have a look and at first I could see nothing amiss .
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The right brain noted something amiss ... Meanwhile, Yeremi's logical tech-side dreamed.
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The workers decided to investigate the carriages, to see what was amiss .
II. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
go
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Another plea may not go amiss .
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Adding a few seconds to your dev.time to allow for the stop, etc. wouldn't go amiss .
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Keep your orders and shipping together in a separate folder so you can refer to them later something goes amiss .
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An apology wouldn't go amiss .
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And that is why a brief prayer to St Zeno never goes amiss , when you go fishing with a hook.
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She was the incarnation of everything that had gone amiss in Sylvie's own life.
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A bit of patience will not go amiss in this area either: what one sows another reaps.
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In this climate, a down-home bear hug and attendant back slapping probably wouldn't go amiss .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Begging you will not take it amiss I shall ever be your dutiful servant.
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There was also a pair of blue-rimmed glasses which Dame Edna Everage wouldn't have looked amiss in.