Sentences with phrase «miss the mark with»

«As I told my client, I'm in some pretty good company,» Mitchell said before listing other major polling institutions that missed the mark with the Democratic primary.

Entrepreneurs who are forced to take lower rates on projects or products usually end up missing the mark with deadlines or have trouble delivering what they've promised to the customer because they understand it's not where they would like the price point to be.

I have to say that you've missed the mark with this one Lanterne.

Most parents have gotten the hang of smartphones by now, but some still miss the mark with certain nuances and send some accidentally hilarious messages.

But, ultimately, I feel this is where Ergo totally missed the mark with the 360.

Your medical care provider misses the mark with hormone testing and reaches the wrong conclusion:

Lana Del Rey leads the ladies who miss the mark with Grammys fashion fails.

Also Christian Bale missed the mark with his laboured attempt at Aspergers type genius, instead he gave us uncompromised study of a dumb stoner in a bad wig (think Garth in Wayne's World).

Despite his magnificent success in adapting the un-adaptable with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he has missed the mark with The Lovely Bones.

Normally Diaz can be strong with the comedic side of any character, but she completely misses the mark with any of the comedy that comes with the character.

You'll also suffer from rapid camera swings if Kat misses the mark with a Gravity Kick, just like in the original Gravity Rush.

We were big fans of the knotty crime - and - politics vibe of the former, and even if the latter missed the mark with our Cannes reviewer, Garrone's name, his eclectic cast and the extraordinary preview images have us primed for something very special with his English - language debut here.

In 2002 he mused «I have realized over time that I missed the mark with HyperCard.

In the early days some manufacturers did miss the mark with what a hatch should be, offering a saloon - style hinged section below the rear glass, but it was not long before all manufacturers were designing cars with the highly practical boot door which incorporated the rear window.

That year - and - a-half-old Nook missed the mark with a clunky LCD screen for navigating the E-Ink display above it.

It took Sony two tries to get their Digital Paper right and Onyx has still missed the mark with the second generation Max.

Sara, this is a great example of Steve Laube's skill at offering constructive feedback while still making clear that this particular manuscript missed the mark with him for another reason.

Interestingly while the article provides a balanced perspective on some of the merits and drawbacks of adviceDirect, the comments section has some very strong opinions on why adviceDirect seems like it is missing the mark with investors.

But they missed the mark with this one.

But as it turned out, Honda missed the mark with the Element and the vehicle proved more popular with older buyers who appreciated the practical side of a big box on wheels.

Emotions can throw the best - laid plans and goals right out the window, leaving us wondering what went wrong as we're constantly missing the mark with our saving and spending habits.

Did Platinum miss the mark with these icons?!

All the makings of an online dungeon crawler are here but the game misses the mark with pulling it all together.

If BioWare somewhat missed the mark with the game's story, they did a good job with the gameplay.

It sounds simple, but Nintendo completely missed the mark with the Wii U. Happily, it seems that Nintendo has learned its lesson.

Unless scientists have totally missed the mark with their understanding of the greenhouse effect, there is no doubt that continued expansion of our population, coupled with continued economic growth spurred on primarily by fossil fuels, is going to continue to warm the planet, melt ice, raise sea levels, etc. for a long time to come.

Microsoft's design is not above criticism, but Windows users have far less to worry about if the company has a misses its mark with a new Surface device.

«They might have missed the mark with the previous hire,» Dunn said.

I read this wildly inaccurate statement not long ago on a job search forum and it was clear to me just how the individual had missed the mark with the whole concept of resume content.

Not exact matches

Since everyone squeals with glee when a tech behemoth misses its mark, this prompted a flurry of articles opining about the feasibility of cashier-less shopping.

Roberts said every time he teamed up with traders on an automated trading venture, their strategies and ideas missed the mark even though they had previously been successful as market professionals.

Promoted as a way to help first time home buyers with a down - payment in order to «make [their homeownership] dream come true», the program completely misses the mark.

I believe this position misses the mark completely on the real issue buyers have with the current process, which I firmly believe is rooted in a lack of transparency (specifically in multiple offer situations).

If you do not make contact with them and you miss payments, you will be marked as delinquent and eventually default.

You could not possibly have missed the mark any more so than you did with David.

With the help of feminist theory, she demonstrates how this drama of justification all too often «misses the mark» of women's lives — lives that are very often marked not by boastful arrogance but rather by an inadequate sense of personal agency.

That said, I currently believe we are still born a sinner (missing mark of Gods glory, fallen state, lacking life and inheritance from God) with the promise of salvation already solved and available for us to receive.

As the title suggests, Mark seems to miss the point a bit, but I am grateful that the elders at Mars Hill held him accountable and asked him to «do better» in speaking about these issues with decorum and respect.

But God partly misses the mark, for Abram now for the first time is weighed down with a concern for his childlessness, a concern which his encounter with death has now made acute.

He has decidedly mixed feelings about the book and ends with this: «In the end, Chafets» effort misses the mark for the same reason that Jewish opining about Evangelicals is misguided: the limits of seeing the evangelical world merely through the lens of Jewish - Christian and / or Israeli / American relations.

Sometimes films with extremely high scores on the critical aggregator often miss the mark for the majority of audiences.

I see God as the Patron, and the issue of talents as an allegorical way of expressing activity for the Kingdom of God using familiar social realities (but in keeping with Mark 4:10 - 12, 24 and Matthew 13:11 - 16, the peasants may have taken it too literally and thus missed the whole point — thinking that the unprofitable servant is the hero when he's really not).

When the church was not lively enough with hope to live in the tension of the kingdom already here — but not yet — it missed the mark.

These are «sin is missing the mark» and «sin has been dealt with at the cross».

At every Sunday morning worship, we confess that we have missed the mark set for us in Jesus Christ, and we are assured of God's pardon and power to go back out and try again with renewed strength.

The more significant problem many of us (evangelical Christians) have with Mark's book is that it a) lacks wisdom, b) employs a faulty system for determining if something is useful, c) has a terrible view of women, and d) misses the point.

You missed the mark totally with regards to this teaching of Jesus.

While I am definitely succeeding with the first two things, clearly I have missed the mark on that last one.

While many Caesar salads can be dull and miss the mark, this salad rose above the rest with crisp Romaine tossed tossed in a tart and memorable Caesar dressing.

Subsequent batches with tweaks missed the mark in one way or another — too cakey, too deflated, too rich, too poor.