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way off

way off adjective: remote; far; distant (in space).

Adjective

way off (not comparable)

  1. remote; far; distant (in space)
  2. remote; far in the future
  3. very wrong, not even close
    • A friend of mine broke the holy Sabbath day, Nov. 28th last and caught a Salmo mykiss, or a Salmo purpuratus, a cut-throat trout which weighed 10½ lbs., and I have begged a picture of it and hand it along to you herewith. Those who say these trout are at all “in it,” either as a game trout, or for...1898, J. H. B., The American Angler - Volume 28, page 21
    • My comments, of course, are partly taken care of by saying your data is old. It is inaccurate, to be quite frank, it is very inaccurate, it is not even close. Your game surveys are way off, your actual use is way off.1980, United States. Bureau of Land Management, Mountain Valley grazing management, The Bureau, page 55

Examples of way off in a sentence

  • Those who say these trout are at all “in it,” either as a game trout, or for the palate, with the Salvelinus fontinalis are “way off.”1898, J. H. B., The American Angler - Volume 28, page 21:
  • If you are accusing them, either consciously or subconsciously, of committing an evil act (a sin) that they didn't commit, then you are way off.2008, Justin Lookadoo, The Dirt on Breaking Up (The Dirt), Baker Books, →ISBN, page 36:
  • There are people who correct me, and I know that they are way off.2011, Daniel Powers, The Perfect Devotional for People Who Aren't, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 259:
  • Clearly, our first guess for a, b, c, and d will probably produce results that are way off, with the predicted wine qualities differing greatly from the actual ones.2013, Gautam Shroff, The Intelligent Web: Search, smart algorithms, and big data, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 140:

Questions about way off

What does way off mean?
Way off means remote; far; distant (in space).
How do you use way off in a sentence?
Those who say these trout are at all “in it,” either as a game trout, or for the palate, with the Salvelinus fontinalis are “way off.”
What part of speech is way off?
Way off is an adjective.

Words near way off in the dictionary

  1. Way of Saint James
  2. Way of St. James
  3. Way of the Cross
  4. way of the world
  5. way of thinking
  6. way off
  7. way out
  8. way out of a paper bag
  9. way out of a wet paper bag
  10. way passenger
  11. way passengers

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