Amiss and Short

Amiss

Amiss adjective - Having a fault.

Short and amiss are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Amiss".

Short

Short adjective - Having relatively little height.

Amiss and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Amiss" instead an adjective "Short".

Both words in one sentence

  • The Guards Must Be Crazy A short while later, several guards arrive, and one of them specifically points out that the aforementioned behavior made security more suspicious that something was amiss, since This Is Reality and not one of the video games the Heroes characters originated in.
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