off target

See also: off-target

English

Alternative forms

• off-target

Prepositional phrase

off target

1. Inaccurate, or inaccurately predicted.

   Antonym: on target

   The second quartile's figures were off target by 30%.

2. With a lack of accuracy.

   Both shots landed off target.

   • 2024 June 20, David Hytner, “Hjulmand rocket earns Denmark draw as England struggle after Kane opener”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 October 2026:

     There was a last-ditch quality to England’s defending and when Pierre-Emile Højbjerg shaped a curler for the far corner in the 85th minute, England’s hearts were in their mouths. The shot was off target.

Translations

inaccurate

• Dutch: de plank misslaan
• Finnish: asian vierestä
• French: à côté de la plaque (fr)
• German: auf dem falschen Dampfer
• Icelandic: vera úti að aka
• Irish: i bhfad ón sprioc
• Italian: inappropriato (it)
• Japanese: 的外れ (matohazure)
• Polish: nietrafny, błędny (pl), mylny (pl)
• Spanish: fuera de la marca, lejos de la marca, equivocado (es)
• Swedish: vara ute och cykla (sv)

with a lack of accuracy

• Polish: niecelny