off target

ɔːf ˈtɑːrɡɪt
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Translation of off target into German

Adverb

accuracy

in a way that misses the intended goal or result
  • The ball was kicked off target and missed the goal.Der Ball wurde am Tor vorbei geschossen und verfehlte das Ziel.
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Expressions with off target: examples in English and translations in German

völlig daneben
weit gefehlt
His guess was way off target.

Synonyms and analogies of off target in English

Examples of off target in a sentence

  • His predictions were off target and surprised everyone.
off-target
ɔf ˈtɑrɡɪt
Adjective

accuracy

not hitting the intended target or goal
fehlgeleitet unpräzise
  • The arrow was off-target and missed the bullseye.Der Pfeil war fehlgeleitet und verfehlte die Mitte.

Translations of "off target" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adverb
danebenadv.

Even the audience noticed his air punch was completely off target.

Sogar das Publikum bemerkte, dass sein Luftschlag völlig daneben ging.

Gunner, you're way off target.

Gunnar, der war komplett daneben.

vom Ziel

His uncoordinated throwing resulted in the ball flying far off target.

Sein unkoordiniertes Werfen führte dazu, dass der Ball weit vom Ziel entfernt landete.

The marksman adjusted his shot based on the tracer that visibly flew off target.

Der Scharfschütze adjustierte seinen Schuss basierend auf der Leuchtspurmunition, die deutlich vom Ziel abwich.

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Other translations for off target:

  • Abweichung vom Zielwert

off target: Examples and translations in context

My life, my life is totally off target.

Mein Leben, mein Leben ist total daneben.

The third guard was acquitted because the court could not disprove his claim that he intentionally shot off target.

Der dritte Schütze wird indes frei gesprochen, weil ihm die Behauptung, daneben geschossen zu haben, nicht widerlegt werden kann.

You get zero points for a right answer and one point for every year off target, but 10 points at most.

Sie bekommen null Punkte für jede richtige Antwort und einen Schlechtpunkt für jedes Jahr daneben, doch höchstens zehn pro Frage.

Every right answer will give you 10 points, every decade off target one point less.

Jede richtige Antwort gibt Ihnen 10 Punkte, für jedes Jahrzehnt daneben gibt es einen Punkt weniger.

How far off from that did you end up? - Careerwise? Miles off target.

Wie weit davon entfernt sind Sie jetzt? - Karrieremäßig? Weit daneben.

It should turn out that Richard Shaffer's assessment in the Chicago Tribune of July 24th, 1985 was not too far off target.

Wie sich zeigen sollte, lag Richard Shaffer mit seiner Einschätzung in der Chicago Tribune vom 24. Juli 1985 nicht allzu weit daneben.

They were twenty million klicks off target, a submicroscopic jump.

Sie waren zwanzig Millionen Kilometer vom Ziel entfernt, einen submikroskopischen Sprung weit.

We were only just slightly off target.

Wir sind nur etwas vom Ziel abgewichen.

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off-targetoff the targetway off target
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