off target

fuera del blanco, fuera de la portería

Sin alcanzar el lugar al que se dirigía un disparo, un lanzamiento u otra acción.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: wide, wide of the mark

Antónimos: on target

Expresiones frecuentes: shoot off target, land off target, go off target

inexacto, equivocado

Equivocado o distinto de lo que se esperaba, planeaba o pretendía.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: off target by + amount (Our estimate was off target by twenty percent.)

Sinónimos: inaccurate, wrong

Antónimos: accurate

Expresiones frecuentes: estimates off target, figures off target, way off target