off base

off base
Synonyms and related words:
aberrant, abnormal, abominable, atrocious, bad, criminal, delinquent, deviant, disgraceful, disorderly, disruptive, evil, hardly the thing, ignominious, ill-considered, ill-seasoned, ill-timed, illegal, improper, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconvenient, incorrect, indecorous, inexpedient, infamous, infelicitous, inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant, late, mal a propos, malapropos, misbehaving, mistimed, naughty, not done, not respectable, not the thing, off base, off-color, out of line, out of phase, out of time, out-of-line, premature, rowdy, rowdyish, ruffianly, sacrilegious, scandalous, shameful, shameless, sinful, terrible, too late, too soon, unbefitting, unbehaving, undue, unfavorable, unfit, unfitting, unfortunate, unhandy, unhappy, unlawful, unlucky, unpropitious, unready, unrighteous, unripe, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely, untoward, wicked, wrong, wrongful

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  • off base — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not agreeing with fact; wrong. * /The idea that touching a toad causes warts is off base./ * /When Tom said that the teacher s explanation did not agree with the book, the teacher was embarrassed at being caught off base./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • off base — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not agreeing with fact; wrong. * /The idea that touching a toad causes warts is off base./ * /When Tom said that the teacher s explanation did not agree with the book, the teacher was embarrassed at being caught off base./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • off-base — adj. (Mil.) located outside a military base; as, off base housing. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • off-base — (adv.) unawares, 1936, American English, from OFF (Cf. off) (adv.) + BASE (Cf. base) (n.); a figurative extension from baseball sense of not in the right position (1898), from notion of a baserunner being picked off while taking a lead …   Etymology dictionary

  • off base — mod. off target; wrong; not relevant. (See also way off (base).) □ Your answer was completely off base. Try again. □ You are off base. I will have to deal with someone else …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • off base — adjective a) Situated or happening outside the boundaries of a military base. A Virginia lawmaker wants to improve off base living conditions for enlisted troops with families. b) Positioned somewhere between the bases, and hence vulnerable to… …   Wiktionary

  • off base — phrasal 1. wrong, mistaken < estimates were way off base > 2. unawares < caught off base by the charges > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • off\ base — adj. phr. informal Not agreeing with fact; wrong. The idea that touching a toad causes warts is off base. When Tom said that the teacher s explanation did not agree with the book, the teacher was embarrassed at being caught off base …   Словарь американских идиом

  • off base — phrasal 1. : completely or absurdly mistaken any man who said such a thing is certainly off base 2. : by surprise : unawares the sudden question caught him off base …   Useful english dictionary

  • off-base — /awf bays , of /, adj. located outside the perimeters of a military base: off base housing for officers. [1935 40] * * * …   Universalium

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