wide of the mark
Example Sentences
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His dire forecasts about global cooling and warming were wide of the mark, a twofer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Overseas workers will be expected to have a better understanding of English, but reported suggestions of A-level equivalent are wide of the mark.
From BBC ● May 10, 2025
Any suggestion the second Test was only decided by the coin would be wide of the mark.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024
Asked by Bloomberg whether he could reassure investors that any potential rise would not be as high as 39%, Sir Keir replied: "Quite a lot of speculation is getting pretty wide of the mark."
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2024
And also because the vague suspicions — expectations, really — that I’d been forming all day, as Alice tried to transform me into a beauty queen, were so far wide of the mark.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
