off-target adjective 1adverb 1off target prepositional phrase 2forms 2 adjective1 •Away from a targetThe opening exchanges were rich in quality and a wonderful passage of build-up play from Spurs ended with Crouch meeting Hutton's right-wing cross but his effort was narrowly off-target. — 2011 adverb1 •Away from a target. off target prepositional phrase2 •Inaccurate, or inaccurately predicted.The second quartile's figures were off target by 30%. •With a lack of accuracy.Both shots landed off target. formsmore off-target · most off-target