off the mark

English

Prepositional phrase

off the mark

(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)

Italian: inappropriato (it)

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