miss the mark

A good many of us, I'm sure a good many of us here, intuitively react that this sort of commentary tends to miss the mark.

In grade school he was the butt of his classmates'jokes; for with such a large target, no shot could ever miss the mark.

Even when I miss the mark, you still hang around because you assume that the missed step was an exception to the rule.

In other words, the industry is realizing that individual, siloed technology strategies miss the mark - it is a multi-technology world.

Other metaphors miss the mark because they fail to grasp or convey the root concept of the science.

Finding the right balance can take time, and indeed, one can continue to miss the mark as the market shifts and competition evolves.

Any broad-brush approach to winning consumers' rising spending power will miss the mark.

But they often miss the mark when it comes to defining the value of the soft skills.

Answer: Ninety-three percent of Americans miss the mark on vitamin E, according to the USDA's report.

Leo Tolstoy One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.

Far too often, job seekers miss the mark.

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.