ADJECTIVE
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not on target
the arrow was wide of the mark
a claim that was wide of the truth
the kick was wide
How To Use wide of the mark In A Sentence
- One of the bombs fell wide of the mark.
- We could be wide of the mark connecting them to Daddy's scandal. SUMMER OF SECRETS
- Alan Walsh came close to reducing the deficit but his effort was wide of the mark.
- That comparison isn't as wide of the mark as it seems.
- That comparison isn't as wide of the mark as it seems.
- It’s a shame that the image most of us have of Jewish life in Kazakhstan is so wide of the mark. Beyond Borat or My Lunch With the Chief Rabbi of Kazakhstan « The Blog at 16th and Q
- A glossy magazine designed to satisfy the CEOs ego may go wide of the mark with the factory workers.
- What I will say, however, is that any tendencies to portray them as a straight fight between good guys and bad guys do appear to be wide of the mark. Real life is always far more complicated.
- Tax breaks for being old, disabled, having a green* car or, I don't know, training for the Olympics or something all seem fair enough but financial incentive to get hitched or stay hitched is just so wide of the mark. Love and Marriage
- But the region's weathermen say predictions of impending blizzard conditions are wide of the mark.
