wide of the mark

Example Sentences

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His dire forecasts about global cooling and warming were wide of the mark, a twofer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Sir Keir said "the figures being bandied around are absolutely wide of the mark".

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

Any suggestion the second Test was only decided by the coin would be wide of the mark.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

Either could yet be vindicated but so far both have been wide of the mark.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2024

And also because the vague suspicions — expectations, really — that I’d been forming all day, as Alice tried to transform me into a beauty queen, were so far wide of the mark.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer