Verb
interpret in the wrong way
Source: WordNetWhenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own. Edmund Burke
You have theories enough concerning the Rights of Men. It may not be amiss to add a small degree of attention to their Nature and disposition. Edmund Burke
Further, it will not be amiss to distinguish the three kinds and, as it were, grades of ambition in mankind. Francis Bacon
Go, write it in a martial hand be curst and brief it is no matter how witty, so it be eloquent and fun of invention taunt him with the licence of ink if thou thou'st him some thrice, it shall not be amiss and as many lies as will lie in thy shee. William Shakespeare
God will provide, but a good bundle of straw will not be amiss. Spanish Proverb
Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism Source: Internet