Amiss \A*miss"\ ([.a]*m[i^]s"), a. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.

Note: [Used only in the predicate.]

--Dryden.

His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that which is amiss in himself or his circumstances. --Wollaston.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Amiss \A*miss"\, n. A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.]

Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Amiss \A*miss"\, adv. [Pref. a- + miss.]

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)