amiss

One doesn’t expect Chekhovian subtlety, but a little more trust in the perceptive powers of the audience wouldn’t be amiss.

But by tip Tuesday against Penn State, they took their places as usual, with little more than flop sweat to suggest something was amiss.

He found nothing notably amiss and assessed the campus as safe to reopen.

A routine review found nothing amiss with their actions, and the case was all but closed and forgotten.

She will stand, straight-backed in the rubble, greeting guests and passing out Champagne in broken tea cups with a smile so dazzling that no one will even notice anything’s amiss.