"off the mark" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Anglais]

IPA: \ɒf ðə mɑːk\
  1. Inexact, inapproprié. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-off_the_mark-en-adj-DbCIOhGm Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Locutions adjectivales en anglais, Anglais
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    " ",
    "Métaphore."
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        {
          "text": "His answers are consistently off the mark. None of them quite make sense.",
          "translation": "Ses réponses sont systématiquement inappropriées. Aucune d’elles ne veut vraiment dire quelque chose."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Inexact, inapproprié."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
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      "ipa": "\\ɒf ðə mɑːk\\"
    }
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    " ",
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        }
      ],
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        "Inexact, inapproprié."
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