miss the mark



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miss the mark

To be slightly or somewhat mistaken, incorrect, or inaccurate. I believe your statements about the city's homelessness problem have rather missed the mark. The film tries to be a commentary on the middle class in this country, but it ends up missing the mark.
See also: mark, miss

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tegan-Welsh
ClÉMentkle-MAWNFrench
Orlagh-Irish
Nikolina-Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Elbert['elbət]
Philemonfi-LEE-mən (English), fie-LEE-mən (English)Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek