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off base
phrase as in mistaken; inappropriate; inapt
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Example Sentences
Fox News, which had championed, and loudly predicted, a Mitt Romney win, was proven embarrassingly off-base.
But Boot's post is hilariously off-base: its argument can't even be reconciled with the very information he presents.
As many fact checkers quickly elucidated, the assertion was wildly off-base.
But the caricature of GM as a dysfunctional jobs exporter is off-base.
It is hard enough to be told that you are off-base and that your behavior has been bad when an adult says the damning words.
These excuses for not dealing with off-base discrimination continued throughout the decade.
The committee wanted the recommendations on off-base discrimination contained in its initial report also applied overseas.
The decision to circumscribe the use of economic sanctions against off-base discrimination made sense.
The local commander also arranged for the desegregation of some off-base social facilities in a effort to improve black morale.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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