Illustration: Outside a neighbourhood bicycle shop, a cyclist points directly to a completely flat front tyre with a nail visibly embedded in the rubber. An eager friend kneels beside the bicycle and proudly offers a shiny replacement bell, holding it near the handlebars as though it solves everything.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

的まと外はずれ

matohazure

off the mark, irrelevant

Example sentences

  1. その答こたえは的外まとはずれだ。

    The answer misses the point.

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  2. 君きみの推測すいそくは的まとはずれだ。

    You’re wide of the mark.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 的外まとはずれなことを熱弁ねつべんしてしまった。

    I argued passionately about something that wasn’t relevant.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 的外

  • 的bull's eye; markOnテキKunまと
  • 外outsideOnガイ・ゲKunそと・ほか・はずす

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