poor aim
Shots going wide
Poor aim is the inability to direct something accurately toward its target—whether a ball, a bullet, or a punch.
The phrase implies consistent failure rather than a single miss: His poor aim cost them the game.
It extends figuratively to any misdirected effort: The criticism showed poor aim, attacking people who had nothing to do with the problem.
- missFail to reach
- wide of the markMissing the intended target
- misfireFailure to discharge
- strayWander from course
- stray bulletUnintended gunshot hitting bystanders
wild · inaccurate · off-target · wayward · crooked · shaky · wobbly · scatter · spray · spray and pray · all over the place · overshoot · undershoot · fumble · botch · clumsy · sloppy · erratic
- skill deficiencyincompetence, ineptitude, clumsiness, awkwardness, inexperience
poor aimpinpoint accuracy
true aim · precision · marksmanship · surgical precision · hitting the mark
poor aimcrack shot
Highly skilled marksman
dead-eye · marksmanship · sharpshooter · sharpshooting · natural talent
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