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外れ  [はずれ]    meaning:  bad  rank: 1
☆ このは外れだった ⇨ This car has turned out to be a lemon

外れ  [はずれ]    meaning:  miss  rank: 1
☆ くじのは外れだった ⇨ The lottery ticket was not a winner

外れ  [はずれ]    meaning:  wrong  rank: 1
☆ 予想は外れだった ⇨ The prediction was wrong


More examples:
  • ボタンが外れている ⇨ A button is undone
  • 調子外れの ⇨ His out-of-tune, out-of-rhythm, singing
  • それはこの法律本旨から外れている ⇨ That is not the intention of this law
  • 随分期待していたところがくの期待外れだった ⇨ I had a really high hope but it was a real disappointment
  • くじに外れて残念がっている ⇨ He is disappointed that he didn’t win a lottery
  • 試験たった、外れた ⇨ I anticipated the exam questions correctly, incorrectly
  • 突然車線を外れた ⇨ The car in front of me suddenly veered out of the lane
  • 人間を外れた ⇨ He’s gone off the humane paths, done something decent humans should not do
  • 言っているは外れている ⇨ What he’s saying is missing the point, irrelevant
  • 目論見完全に外れた ⇨ The plan completely failed
  • 学校仲間外れにされている ⇨ He is ostracized at school
  • 意見が外れている ⇨ His opinion is missing the point
  • 調子外れな言ってるんだ ⇨ What a out-of-tune thing are you saying? What in the world are you talking about?
  • 予想完全に外れた ⇨ The prediction was completely wrong
  • 受話器が外れていた ⇨ The receiver was off the hook, not in the right position