off base
Missing the mark
Off base means mistaken or wrong, especially about an assumption or judgment: Your estimate is way off base.
The phrase comes from baseball, where a runner caught off base can be tagged out—vulnerable because they're not where they should be.
It implies being not just wrong but noticeably so.
Contrary to fact
- mistakenIncorrectly understood or believed
- inaccurateNot correct or precise
- erroneousContaining factual mistakes
- falseNot matching reality
misinformed · misguided · misconceived · flawed · wide of the mark · missing the point · unfounded · groundless
One who sprints
- leadoffFirst in sequence
- pickoffThrow to tag straying runner
- caughtSeized or grabbed
- tagIdentifier or classifier
slide · steal · home plate · shortstop · infield · umpire · safe · out
Absent without permission
- absentNot in attendance
- leaveSanctioned time away
- passMove beyond or decline
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
unauthorized · barracks · post · garrison · deployment · furlough · permission · quarters
Violating expected standards
- improperLacking in propriety
- unacceptableNot meeting required standards
- disrespectfulShowing lack of regard
- rudeOffensively ill-mannered
presumptuous · overstepping · impertinent · insolent · indiscreet · unbecoming · uncalled for · out of bounds
wrong
Contrary to fact
- mistakenIncorrectly understood or believed
- inaccurateNot correct or precise
- erroneousContaining factual mistakes
false · misinformed · misguided · misconceived · flawed · wide of the mark · missing the point · unfounded · groundless · unsubstantiated
runner
One who sprints
tag · slide · steal · home plate · shortstop · infield · umpire · safe · out · foul line
AWOL
Absent without permission
liberty · unauthorized · barracks · post · garrison · deployment · furlough · permission · quarters · compound
out of line
Violating expected standards
- improperLacking in propriety
- unacceptableNot meeting required standards
- disrespectfulShowing lack of regard
rude · presumptuous · overstepping · impertinent · insolent · indiscreet · unbecoming · uncalled for · out of bounds · crossing the line
- off targetwide of the mark, wide, miss, misfire, astray
- baseballbat, pitchers, catchers, pitcher, glove
- Incompetencebungle, failure, botch, inability, blunder
- miscommunicationmix-up, mixed signals, confusion, mixed messages, crossed wires
- misunderstandingsmisunderstanding, misinterpretation, misconception, misreading, miscommunication
- ratingsA rating, rating, one star, five stars, rating scale
off basecorrect
Free from error
accurate · right · on target · on the mark · on the money
off basesound
Audible wave phenomenon
well-founded · reasonable · justified · on solid ground · well-grounded
off, base, baseball, based, offset, bases, baseless, offload, basing