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Meaning of dead amiss | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Of a horse: too ill to compete.

not-comparable

Examples

“At the mention ⟳ of the increased amount of odds, the snob took the youngster aside, and said to him, "Look ⟳ now, by the book, we have ⟳ the old man done brown; my horse is dead amiss, your cousin's horse you can beat ⟳ easy, […]”

“Sunshine ran gamely, but was clearly out of condition; and Gamos, who was dead amiss at Bath, having got round, beat ⟳ her from the superiority of her training, […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

dead and buried dead and gone dead as a dodo dead as a doorknob dead as a doornail dead as a herring

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