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

  1. wrong (guess or estimate), misdirected.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
見当外れ けんとうはずれ
 
 
 
見当はずれ けんとうはずれ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

see, hopes, chances
み.る ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
hit, right, appropriate
トウ あ.たる まさ.に (2nd, N3)
snout, hand
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)