Amiss and Right

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Amiss

Amiss adjective - Not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation.
Usage example: official recognition would not be amiss after that spectacular effort
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Right is an antonym for amiss in topics: wrong, wrongly.

Right

Right adjective - Following an original exactly.
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Amiss is an antonym for right.
Nearby Words: righteous, rightful, righted, rightly, righting
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  • They almost do the deed on a pile of crates right after surviving a fight with a small army of mercenaries, before Jayne realizes something is amiss.
    Source: Mind Rape / Fan Fiction
  • Hudson Hawk contains a textbook example of the Splice-and-Dice method, right down to the unusual occurrence captured on film which later tips off the security guys that something's amiss; to their credit, they immediately realize that someone's replaying earlier camera footage.
    Source: Camera Spoofing
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