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(figuratively) Inaccurate; not correct or appropriate. / Making a start (generally in comparison to others).

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off the mark

Source Word

off the mark

Prepositional phrase

figuratively

(figuratively) Inaccurate; not correct or appropriate. / Making a start (generally in comparison to others).

Japanese Meaning

（比喩的に）的を射ていない、正しくない、適切でない / 始動する、スタートを切る（特に他と比較して）

Her prediction about the economy was off the mark, surprising everyone who had trusted her analysis.

彼女の景気予測は的外れで、彼女の分析を信頼していた人々を驚かせた。

Sense（1）

(figuratively) Inaccurate; not correct or appropriate.

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

Sense（2）

Making a start (generally in comparison to others).