Cryptic crossword clue
Wrongly thought to equal 1 mile? 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AMISS

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What does AMISS mean?

AMISS noun
  1. Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.
AMISS adjective
  1. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.
AMISS adverb
  1. Wrongly.
  2. Mistakenly.
  3. Astray.
  4. Imperfectly.

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