off the mark
idiom
: not accurate or correct : not achieving the desired result
Their estimates were completely off the mark.
His efforts to console her were off the mark.
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Unlike 50 Cent’s disastrous attempt in 2014 that nearly took out a cameraman, or Snoop Dogg’s smoker in San Diego in 2016 that had velocity but was wildly off the mark, Colson Baker didn’t even try to get the ball into the catcher’s mitt.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2024
However, futures pricing has been well off the mark for most of the year.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2024
Geologists think Earth could have once been 100% ocean
The Hollywood blockbuster may have been right, if only 3.2 billion years off the mark.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
Most Americans are way off the mark: Only about one in 10 U.S. adults eats enough vegetables and fruit.
—Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 19 June 2024
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2024
However, futures pricing has been well off the mark for most of the year.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2024
Geologists think Earth could have once been 100% ocean
The Hollywood blockbuster may have been right, if only 3.2 billion years off the mark.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
Most Americans are way off the mark: Only about one in 10 U.S. adults eats enough vegetables and fruit.
—Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 19 June 2024
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“Off the mark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20the%20mark. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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