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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are off base" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that someone's opinion or idea is incorrect or misguided.
Example: "I think your assumptions about the project are off base; we need to consider the new data we've received."
Alternatives: "are mistaken" or "are inaccurate".
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Both views are off base.
Both characterizations are off base.
In many ways, Trump's views on economics are off base.
But claims from critics that Initiative 1631 is "filled with exemptions that make no sense" are off base.
When this generation talks about straightening out the world, she added, it means bringing Catholics who are "off base" into line.
Predictions by some experts that the new definition will sharply reduce the number of people given a diagnosis are off base, panel members said, citing evidence from a newly completed study.
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"We promised the submarines to Taipei, and Beijing knows they will never be built". The Bush administration insists that such claims are off base--that Taiwan's submarines will eventually be delivered.
Maybe I'm off base here.
I think the Japanese theory is off base.
"They see their assumptions were off base," Dr. Stum said.
Those asking such questions may well be off base.
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