off the mark

English

Prepositional phrase

off the mark

1. (figuratively) Inaccurate; not correct or appropriate.

   His answers are consistently off the mark. None of them quite make sense.

   • 2014, Michael White, "Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian, 8 September 2014:

     Whatever the outcome, Fleet Street's introspective pundits will say: "I told you so", and make dire predictions for the future, which are likely to be off the mark.

Synonyms

• wide of the mark

Antonyms

• on the mark

Translations

inaccurate

• Finnish: asian vierestä
• French: à côté de la plaque (fr)
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• Italian: inappropriato (it)

See also

• get off the mark