off the mark

phrase

: not accurate or correct : not achieving the desired result

Their estimates were completely off the mark.

His efforts to console her were off the mark.

Examples of off the mark in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

From the outside, the timing was way off the mark, but the truth is that so much in life doesn't arrive at our doorsteps with perfect timing. — Wayne Elsey, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Red Sox third baseman Caleb Durbin made a nice diving stop, but his throw to first was a little off the mark and Vargas reached on an infield hit. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

All those warnings about the negative effects of too much tube time weren’t that far off the mark. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 27 July 2026

That probably isn’t too far off the mark, but any errors could starkly affect parliamentary seat allocations if redrawn. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for off the mark

• disembark
• matriarch
• meadowlark
• patriarch
• watermark
• arc
• ark
• bark
• barque
• dark
• hark
• lark