amiss

Adjective

• not functioning properly
  • something is amiss
    
  • has gone completely haywire
    
  • something is wrong with the engine
    

Adverb

• 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
    

• 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
    

• away from the correct or expected course
  • something has gone awry in our plans
    
  • something went badly amiss in the preparations
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  amiss(p) , awry(p) , haywire , wrong(p) , imperfectly , awry