Usually means: Fail to achieve intended goal.
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We found 5 dictionaries that define the word miss the mark:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. miss the mark: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. miss the mark: Merriam-Webster
  3. miss the mark: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. miss the mark: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. miss the mark: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (miss the mark)

verb:  (literally) Of a projectile, to fail to hit the target.
verb:  (figuratively) To fail to achieve the intended result.

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