as in wrong
off the desired or intended path or course
how did we get so far afield from the subject we intended to discuss?
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Recent Examples of afield
And increasing floods linked to climate change are thought to be washing the creatures further and further afield.
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Wesley Bruer, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Further afield, guests can also enjoy activities such as heliskiing, whale watching, hiking, and horse riding, with the lodge also offering customizable tour packages and transportation options, including a 10-minute helicopter transfer from Akureyri Airport.
—Mia Taylor, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Seeking to chronicle some of Jacobs’ interests and obsessions, Coppola can veer too far afield.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Many of the major LLMs encompass various automated safeguards that seek to detect whether the brief chat might have wandered afield of suitable protocols.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Wesley Bruer, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Further afield, guests can also enjoy activities such as heliskiing, whale watching, hiking, and horse riding, with the lodge also offering customizable tour packages and transportation options, including a 10-minute helicopter transfer from Akureyri Airport.
—Mia Taylor, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Seeking to chronicle some of Jacobs’ interests and obsessions, Coppola can veer too far afield.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Many of the major LLMs encompass various automated safeguards that seek to detect whether the brief chat might have wandered afield of suitable protocols.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afield
Adverb
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But Trump’s improvisational attempt to negotiate over both subjects at the same time, with the same groups of leaders, is wrong-headed.—
Michael McFaul,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Aug. 2025
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By ignoring the quantity theory of money and employing neo-Keynesian macroeconomic models, central bankers are often wrong-footed.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
21 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The Illusion Of Understanding Our minds are prone to systematic errors — cognitive biases that lead us astray despite our best intentions.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Google Maps will often lead you astray.—
Fiction Non Fiction
August 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Afield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afield. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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