Off base

Synonyms for "off base" (84 found)

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Closest matches (17)

aberrant abnormal abominable atrocious bad criminal delinquent deviant disgraceful disorderly disruptive evilhardly the thingignominious ill-advised ill-considered ill-seasoned

Strong matches (25)

ill-timed illegal improper inapplicable inappropriate inauspicious inconvenient incorrect indecorous inexpedient infamous infelicitous inopportune intempestive intrusive irrelevant latemal a proposmalapropos misbehaving

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mistimed naughtynot donenot respectablenot the thing

Related words (42)

off-colorout of lineout of phaseout of timeout-of-linepremature rowdy rowdyish ruffianly sacrilegious scandalous shameful shameless sinful terribletoo latetoo soonunawares unbefitting unbehaving

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undue unfavorable unfit unfitting unfortunate unhandy unhappy unlawful unlucky unpropitious unready unrighteous unripe unseasonable unseemly unsuitable untimely untoward wicked wrong wrongful

Adjective(1 words)

wide of the mark

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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A Virginia lawmaker wants to improve off-base living conditions for enlisted troops with families.

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The hippo heard us, and, like a baseball player caught off base, tried to get back to the river.

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Near-synonyms: off-track, off target

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But he's off-base in describing the city as having "record crime" until he took office.

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