amiss

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amiss/əˈmɪs/

▶adjective not quite as it should be; wrong. ▶adverb wrongly or inappropriately.

– phrases
take something amiss be offended through misinterpreting something said.
not go (or come) amiss Brit. be welcome and useful.

– origin ME: prob. from ON á mis ‘so as to miss’, from á ‘on’ + mis (rel. to miss1).