Wiktionary
a. 1 (context of a projectile English) Missing the target 2 (context idiomatic English) inaccurate
WordNet
adj. not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth" [syn: wide]
Usage examples of "wide of the mark".
The next few tries were unsuccessful, then one stone flew, wide of the mark, but closer to the post.
Slightman told it in just the right way: a man who still appreciated his good fortune and didn't mind letting folks know that he'd been right about something while quite a number of other people, his boss among them, had been wide of the mark.
That's why it was difficult to understand how Wulfgar's hammer came out so fast to hook over Liam's blade and take it safely wide of the mark.
She released the bowstring, and the arrow zipped wide of the mark, scorching a hole in the wall.
The sense with which I arrived at Shirning Farm-the one that told me that most of my troubles were now over-is interesting only in showing how wide of the mark a sense can be.
A banging series of gunshots answered his bullet, all high or wide of the mark, whining through tree branches above his head.
What that trap was I could only conjecture, but I had shot a guessing arrow into the air and it had not fallen wide of the mark.