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as in defective
having a fault
that engine noise indicates that something is clearly amiss
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as in wrong
not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation
official recognition would not be amiss after that spectacular effort
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as in incorrectly
in a mistaken or inappropriate way
I hope that my suggestion that you might be more comfortable in a larger chair was not taken amiss
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as in awry
off the desired or intended path or course
the reenactment of the Wright Brothers' first flight went amiss when the wind died on the makeshift runway and the plane stopped short in a mud puddle
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
If anything about a stranger’s appearance seems amiss, call DTE customer service.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
Leah Asmelash, CNN, 21 Aug. 2019
This connectivity can provide a sense of brain organization, and there's a growing body of evidence that this organization goes amiss in those with neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2018
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As Winifred assimilates into life at Ensor House, staff members begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners of the estate begin to wonder if there is something amiss about their new governess.
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The whole incident -- from realizing something was going amiss to hitting the water -- only lasted one or two minutes.
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In a statement to Digital Trends, LG said the LED TVs, which weigh up to 101.2 pounds with stands, aren't defective on their own.Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2023
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Jurors in Gwinnett County, northeast of Atlanta, returned the verdict in the years-long civil case involving what the plaintiffs’ lawyers called dangerously defective roofs on Ford pickup trucks, lawyer James Butler Jr. said.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022
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Customers may never be wrong, but viewers often are.Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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About half of Americans, 51%, say changing one’s gender is morally wrong, according to a Gallup poll from May.Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Moreover, customers have long been frustrated by the process of finding mental health services, adding the pandemic only made the feelings worse.Steven Aquino, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Power providers Constellation Energy and Vistra meanwhile saw their respective stock prices drop by more than 12% and about 3% — Constellation's worst day since it was spun out of Exelon in February 2022.Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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In our experience, when customers migrate from ad hoc methods to integrated reporting, the omission of data sources or their incorrect assignment to location affects up to 25% of all data items.Martha Amram, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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This is important to keep in mind when evaluating polls, particularly where margins are small and performance is evaluated based on getting the winner right, i.e., polls could get close to the final vote share and yet point to the incorrect winner.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Boeing bungled its recent mission to ferry astronauts to the ISS so badly that SpaceX has at least a temporary monopoly over astronaut launches from American soil.Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Jourdain needed the win badly and got the $50,000 bonus.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Just look at the tech sector: The vast majority of the world’s leading tech companies are based in the U.S., benefitting from robust early- and late-stage financing, an unmatched talent pool and a regulatory environment that—while imperfect—allows businesses to grow and thrive.Frank Holmes, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Algorithmic tools are aiming to address a real issue with imperfect human decision-making.Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
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With the rise of AI assistants designed to work in specific domains, there is a high risk of these models offering inappropriate answers on sensitive topics, like the chatbot for an eating disorder helpline that was shut down for giving detrimental advice.Olga Megorskaya, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Gabriel Ibarra, 27, was charged Monday with child solicitation and inappropriate communication with a child.Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2024
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Pre-existing conditions such as cardiac and liver issues make many older patients unsuitable for chemotherapy.Tlalit Bussi Tel Tzure, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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That makes algorithms such as SHA1 and MD5 unsuitable, because they’re designed to quickly hash messages with minimal computing required.Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Amiss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amiss. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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