Meaning

2 senses

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

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

    auf dem falschen Dampfer

  2. Making a start (generally in comparison to others).

Examples

14 sentences

  1. Tom isn't far off the mark.

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  2. Your guess is entirely off the mark.

    deDeine Vermutung liegt komplett daneben. — Zaghawa

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  3. Tom is not far off the mark.

    ruТом недалёк от истины. — Ooneykcall

    deTom ist nicht weit vom Ziel entfernt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Tom is way off the mark.

    ruТом попал пальцем в небо. — venticello

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  5. He's off the mark by so much.

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
inaccurate:

Synonyms

4 synonyms
wide of the markoff baseoff-trackoff target

Antonyms

4 antonyms
on the markon the moneyon the dotbang on

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
offA2offaloffendB2offenderB2offenseB2
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