Off-target

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Away from a target.

    "The opening exchanges were rich in quality and a wonderful passage of build-up play from Spurs ended with Crouch meeting Hutton's right-wing cross but his effort was narrowly off-target."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Away from a target.

Synonyms

All synonyms
off base

Example

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"Off-target. My opponent hadn't been hit."

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