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as in wrong
falling short of a standard
the milk tasted off
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2
as in dormant
not being in a state of use, activity, or employment
the computer is off, so you'll have to turn it on in order to use it
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as in erroneous
not being in agreement with what is true
that claim that everyone is actually related to everyone else seems a bit off
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as in small
small in degree
on the off chance that you do get straight A's, you can skip a grade
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as in spicy
hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent
a telltale smirk suggested that there was something off about his parting shot
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as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
the hit man was rumored to have offed at least three people in the last year alone
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Recent Examples of off
Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
The Nationals are off Thursday before a series at Tampa Bay.
—ABC News, 17 June 2026
Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
Another victory for the players is FIFA’s support for mandatory, off-season rest periods for players, although some unions, most notably England’s Professional Footballers’ Association, are still concerned the governing body is retaining control of the international match calendar.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
Keen observers, Anglophiles, and anyone who watches movies made before 1972 will notice more than a casual similarity to Kind Hearts and Coronets, the old Ealing comedy in which an enterprising young Dennis Price attempts to off his relatives in order to claim the family fortune.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
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Adverb
But because the cameras are off, the show has set a few rules to ensure that its stars save all the drama for shooting days.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
The Nationals are off Thursday before a series at Tampa Bay.
—ABC News, 17 June 2026
Adjective
From fine dining to the fine arts and from breaking a sweat on the mountain to breaking a sweat in the sauna, Whistler’s many offerings are shifting its off-season to the main event.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
Another victory for the players is FIFA’s support for mandatory, off-season rest periods for players, although some unions, most notably England’s Professional Footballers’ Association, are still concerned the governing body is retaining control of the international match calendar.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Verb
The masked murderer attempted to kill Sidney (Neve Campbell) in a bathroom in the original 1996 Scream, and succeeded in offing Phil (Omar Epps) in a movie theater bathroom stall in the 1997 sequel.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
Keen observers, Anglophiles, and anyone who watches movies made before 1972 will notice more than a casual similarity to Kind Hearts and Coronets, the old Ealing comedy in which an enterprising young Dennis Price attempts to off his relatives in order to claim the family fortune.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for off
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As its name suggests, atom lithography does away with light altogether and instead uses physical matter—atoms—to print tiny patterns onto silicon chips.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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Rhaenyra will not only have to contend with the death of yet another child, but also that same child’s decision to betray her and lock her away in a room.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
22 June 2026
Adjective
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Tom Kim dropped two shots at the wrong time and shot 72.—
Doug Ferguson,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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Every traveler has a trip that went spectacularly wrong.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
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And inflation, which had bedeviled the United States and much of the global economy during the 1970s, was remarkably dormant during Greenspan’s chairmanship, something many economists had not thought could occur for so long a period.—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
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Some of the microbes may still exist in a dormant state more than 5,000 years after Ötzi's death, as his body sits at the South Tyrol Museum, the experts said.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
Adjective
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Although Rodman’s research shows that generative AI can help diagnose rare diseases or make sense of unusual symptoms, a randomized trial that was published in NEJM AI just the week before found that intentionally erroneous output from an AI model can easily lead doctors astray.—
Benjamin Mazer,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
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The good news is, though, that while an erroneous freeze can cause big trouble with your bills, it can usually be reversed.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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After selling baklava at the Stock Show, the Unlus rented their first resraurant space in a small Eighth Avenue food hall.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 June 2026
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The Virgo moon asks you to focus on the small tasks.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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So a delegation was despatched into a fairly spicy area of Mexico City called Tepito, famous for its markets.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Start by dumping of that new, spicy chicken sandwich and bringing back the original one - which was by far better than every other chicken sandwich, IMHO.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
Verb
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He was invited by Malcolm X to stay in Harlem at the famous Hotel Theresa, where agents with ties to the FBI, CIA and the Mafia, plotted to assassinate him.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
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Iran’s new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is regarded as even more of a hard-liner than his father, Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated, at eighty-six, by Israeli Air Force strikes.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
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This year, 1,573 submissions are in contention across the 17 performer categories, down from 1,706 in 2025, a decline of nearly 8%.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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Paul Pidutti’s excellent HHOF rankings site has Brind’Amour way down in a tie for 27th among eligible forwards, behind a long list that includes John LeClair, Keith Tkachuk, Patrik Elias, Henrik Zetterberg, Ryan Getzlaf and Rick Nash, to name several significantly ahead of him.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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