off the mark

Definitions

1. 1

   Inaccurate

   Inaccurate; not correct or appropriate.

   • His answers are consistently off the mark. None of them quite make sense.
   • 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.
2. 2

   Making a start (generally in comparison to others).

   • Sarafov was the first off the mark, but the other divisions did not jump off until an hour later and achieved nothing.

The neighborhood

• synonymwide of the mark
• antonymnear the mark
• antonymon the mark
• neighborget off the mark