adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, takes genitive case の, noun

  1. off the mark, off base, misdirected, irrelevant.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
的外れ まとはずれ
 
 
 
的はずれ まとはずれ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

bull's eye, mark, target
テキ まと いくは (4th)
white
しろ ハク しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
ladle, one tenth of a go, dip
シャク (N1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
outside
ガイ そと はず.す (2nd, N5)
evening
ゆう セキ ゆ (1st, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)