off the mark

Meaning

(figuratively) Inaccurate; not correct or appropriate.
His answers are consistently off the mark. None of them quite make sense.

Making a start (generally in comparison to others).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

inaccurate astray amiss wide of the mark

Antonyms

accurate veracious letter-perfect on the mark

Examples

A goal is a goal no matter which end it goes in. I'm pleased to get off the mark again. Robbie Fowler

The old adage which says that it is ‘whom you know that counts' is far off the mark. It is what you know about whom you know that truly makes difference. Judith McNaught

To say that I have an undisciplined mind would not be incorrect overall, but it's a little off the mark because I have great discipline when I write - but only for about ten minutes. Roseanne Barr

I guess I'm interested in people who are very sophisticated in intellectual ways, while being completely off the mark in emotional ones, with huge blind spots in terms of their own behavior. Noah Baumbach

Begin with an error of an inch and end by being a thousand miles off the mark. Chinese Proverb

Words in the phrase

off the mark

Close letter words and terms

off the leash off the line off the map off the nut off the pace off the path