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wide of the point

ADJECTIVE
beside the point
Synonyms
WEAK
beside the question extraneous immaterial inapplicable incidental inconsequential insignificant irrelevant nihil ad rem not at issue not important not to the purpose off the subject pointless unimportant unrelated wide of the mark

Example Sentences

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Canon Lambert, doubtless unconsciously, went wide of the point.

From Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 by Bennett, Arnold

One does not prize a shot which goes wide of the point at which it was aimed but is quite proud if, by chance, he hits the bull's-eye.

From Seed Thoughts for Singers by Tubbs, Frank Herbert

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