wide of the mark als bijvoeglijk naamwoord: - 1
wide of the mark
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 wide of the mark
Not on target:
— The arrow was wide of the mark.
synoniem: wide.
Roget 495:
erroneous,
untrue,
false,
devoid of truth,
fallacious,
apocryphal,
unreal,
ungrounded,
groundless;
unsubstantial
etc.
4;
heretical
etc.
(heterodox)
984;
unsound;
illogical
etc.
477.
inexact,
unexact inaccurate†,
incorrect;
indefinite
etc.
(uncertain)
475.
illusive,
illusory;
delusive;
mock,
ideal
etc.
(imaginary)
515;
spurious
etc.
545;
deceitful
etc.
544;
perverted.
controvertible,
unsustainable;
unauthenticated,
untrustworthy.
exploded,
refuted;
discarded.
in error,
under an error
etc.
n.;
mistaken
etc.
v.;
tripping
etc.
v.;
out,
out in one's reckoning;
aberrant;
beside the mark,
wide of the mark,
wide of the truth,
way off,
far off;
astray
etc.
(at fault)
475;
on a false scent,
on the wrong scent;
in the wrong box,
outside the ballpark;
at cross purposes,
all in the wrong;
all out.
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Roget 732:
unsuccessful,
successless†;
failing,
tripping
etc.
v.;
at fault;
unfortunate
etc.
735.
abortive,
addle,
stillborn;
fruitless,
bootless;
ineffectual,
ineffective,
inconsequential,
trifling,
nugatory;
inefficient
etc.
(impotent)
158;
insufficient
etc.
640;
unavailing
etc.
(useless)
645;
of no effect.
aground,
grounded,
swamped,
stranded,
cast away,
wrecked,
foundered,
capsized,
shipwrecked,
nonsuited†;
foiled;
defeated
etc.
731;
struck down,
borne down,
broken down;
downtrodden;
overborne,
overwhelmed;
all up with;
ploughed,
plowed,
plucked.
lost,
undone,
ruined,
broken;
bankrupt
etc.
(not paying)
808;
played out;
done up,
done for;
dead beat,
ruined root and branch,
flambe†,
knocked on the head;
destroyed
etc.
162.
frustrated,
crossed,
unhinged,
disconcerted dashed;
thrown off one's balance,
thrown on one's back,
thrown on one's beam ends†;
unhorsed,
in a sorry plight;
hard hit.
stultified,
befooled†,
dished,
hoist on one's own petard;
victimized,
sacrificed.
wide of the mark
etc.
(error)
495;
out of one's reckoning
etc.
(inexpectation)
508†;
left in the lurch;
thrown away
etc.
(wasted)
638;
unattained;
uncompleted
etc.
730.
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bijwoord
Roget 196:
far off,
far away;
afar,
afar off;
off;
away;
a long way off,
a great way off,
a good way off;
wide away,
aloof;
wide of,
clear of;
out of the way,
out of reach;
abroad,
yonder,
farther,
further,
beyond;
outre mer [Fr.],
over the border,
far and wide,
over the hills and far away"
[Gay];
from pole to pole
etc.
(over great space)
180;
to the uttermost parts,
to the ends of the earth;
out of hearing,
nobody knows where,
a perte de vue [Fr.],
out of the sphere of,
wide of the mark;
a far cry to.
apart,
asunder;
wide apart,
wide asunder;
longo intervallo [It];
at arm's length.
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Roget 279:
astray from,
round about,
wide of the mark;
to the right about;
all manner of ways;
circuitously
etc.
629.
obliquely,
sideling,
like the move of the knight on a chessboard.
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