off-beam

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Their U.S. bond market forecasts were even more off-beam - only 2% of respondents predicted the 10-year Treasury yield would end this year above 3.0% and just four individuals thought it would be above 3.5%.

From Reuters • Dec. 9, 2022

For illustration, let us consider a very simple model of a uniform conical jet with semi-aperture angle θjet observed off-beam, that is, at a viewing angle θview > θjet.

From Nature • Oct. 15, 2017

Perry is unrecognisable in a series of Cindy Sherman-type shots, where she is disguised as various off-beam characters, including a rude clown and an elderly go-go dancer.

From The Guardian • Sep. 13, 2015

Nadal showed no obvious signs of the muscle injury that required on-court treatment on Thursday but his precision groundstrokes were slightly off-beam on a slick court which suited Lopez's attacking style.

From Reuters • Jun. 11, 2010

The songs that resulted seem random at first, off-beam and crazy, but they haunt.

From Time Magazine Archive