off target

à côté de la cible

Sans atteindre l'endroit visé par un tir, un lancer ou un autre mouvement.

En anglais simple : Away from the place that a shot, throw, or other action was meant to reach.

• The ball went off target.
• Both arrows landed off target.
• He fired again, but the shot flew off target.

Synonymes : wide, wide of the mark

Contraires : on target

Expressions courantes : shoot off target, land off target, go off target

inexact, erroné

Faux ou différent de ce qui était prévu, attendu ou souhaité.

En anglais simple : Wrong or different from what was expected, planned, or intended.

• Your estimate is off target.
• The sales forecast was off target by ten percent.
• Their assessment of the problem proved badly off target.

Comment l'utiliser : off target by + amount (Our estimate was off target by twenty percent.)

Synonymes : inaccurate, wrong

Contraires : accurate

Expressions courantes : estimates off target, figures off target, way off target