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off-target

off-target adjective: away from a target.

Adjective

off-target (comparative more off-target, superlative most off-target)

  1. Away from a target
    • The opening exchanges were rich in quality and a wonderful passage of build-up play from Spurs ended with Crouch meeting Hutton's right-wing cross but his effort was narrowly off-target.2011 January 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 0 - 0 Man Utd”, in BBC
    Synonyms:
    wild

Adverb

off-target (comparative more off-target, superlative most off-target)

  1. Away from a target.

Synonyms of off-target

Forms of off-target

Adjective
comparativemore off-target
superlativemost off-target
alternative formoff target
Adverb
comparativemore off-target
superlativemost off-target

Questions about off-target

What does off-target mean?
Off-target means away from a target.
What part of speech is off-target?
Off-target can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near off-target in the dictionary

  1. off-stage
  2. off-staged
  3. off-stages
  4. off-staging
  5. off-street
  6. off-target
  7. off-the-air
  8. off-the-ball
  9. off-the-books
  10. off-the-charts
  11. off-the-cuff

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