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off-target

ADJECTIVE

off-center

Synonyms

STRONGEST

askew

WEAK

adrift astray far-off inaccurate off the mark off-course stray

ADJECTIVE

wide

Synonyms

STRONGEST

away far off remote

STRONG

astray

WEAK

distant far-off inaccurate off the mark

Antonyms

WEAK

on-course on-target

ADJECTIVE

wide of the mark

Synonyms

WEAK

beside the point far afield nihil ad rem not on target off-course wide

ADJECTIVE

wrong

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amiss awry bad erroneous false inaccurate misguided mistaken unsound untrue

STRONG

erring fluffed goofed miscalculated misconstrued mishandled out

WEAK

askew astray at fault counterfactual defective erratic fallacious faulty in error inexact misfigured not precise not right not working on the wrong track out of commission out of line out of order perverse rotten sophistical specious spurious ungrounded unsatisfactory unsubstantial wide

Antonyms

STRONGEST

OK accurate correct good honest just precise right sound true valid

WEAK

acceptable appropriate decent moral suitable

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His attack is also off-target since few Americans today get their news from the public airwaves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The company did not share specific safety data, though it said aleniglipron had a “compelling off-target safety profile.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025

Lopez and Rashford fired narrowly off-target while Pena saved from Torres as Barca squandered some presentable chances.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

Carson Wentz will follow a couple of good throws with something wildly off-target.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

It shot off wildly, wobbling to an off-target finish.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

off-target

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