Examples of 'off target' in a sentence

Meaning of "off target"

The phrase 'off target' is often used in sports or other activities that involve aiming or goal-setting. It refers to a situation where a shot, throw, or action does not hit the intended target or goal. It implies that the attempt was unsuccessful or did not achieve the desired outcome
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  • Inaccurate, or inaccurately predicted.
  • With a lack of accuracy.

How to use "off target" in a sentence

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It seems we are off target by at least four miles.
You are good at knocking bullets off target.
Identification of off target effect of aminoglycosides on human genes.
We were only just slightly off target.
Pulled it off target at the airfield.
They are a little bit off target.
Off target activity may be other than cleavage.
I seem to have landed off target.
Read off target one.
Looks like we landed off target.
Reducing off target movement.
Dunstan was not far off target.
We got off target because we started to get some wild thinking.
The drone drifted off target.
Off target by a little.

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Although you are off target here.
Pesticide that moves out of the treatment zone or is off target.
We are all a little off target at times.
Many email marketing campaigns are disjointed and off target.
Three are off target.
Looks like they have an alternate route off target.
Missiles off target.
Nine miles from the recovery ship and two miles off target.
Cleared off target.
Kayal with a shot from distance off target.
Miles off target.
Most of them are way off target.
Pulling your men off target was a near catastrophic error.
Squirters moving off target.
Often they drifted off target and were by picked up by the rebels.
Lucky for us he was off target.
Primary target binding and off target binding are determined as described above.
The mutants were further tested to examine potential off target cleavage.
Some effects may be far off target compared to initial objectives.
I had lots of thoughts that turned out to be wildly incorrect and off target.
That was way off target.
You miscaIcuIate by a few seconds and your people can land miles off target.
You are off target.
The cleavage occurred exactly as expected with no clones showing off target cleavage.
Gear is off target.
Do not spray on windy days when the spray can be easily taken off target.
Phone is off target.
Safety concerns for vector expressed RNAi therapies arise as a result of off target toxicity.
A bit off target.
The fulfilment of this object will provide RNA complexes with less off target effects.
Audio saying that a shot was well off target when it did not miss by much.
Newspapers said that Branson and his UFO were blown off target.
We are way off target.
Olivier Giroud and Raphaël Varane sent early efforts off target.
It swerves off target.

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