: a decline especially in quantity or quality
a falloff in exports
a falloff of light intensity
fell off; fallen off; falling off; falls off
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of a ship
: to deviate to leeward of the point to which the bow was directed
Examples of falloff in a Sentence
Noun
the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable
Verb
the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
While season 1 and season 2 both started identically, there has been a dramatic falloff for season 2 now while word of mouth was spreading about season 1.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
During the 2017-18 basketball season, Sister Jean broke her hip in a fall off a sidewalk curb and missed nine home games.
—Shannon Ryan, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Noun
But the gains among older women are nowhere near enough to counter the sharp falloff in younger generations.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
While season 1 and season 2 both started identically, there has been a dramatic falloff for season 2 now while word of mouth was spreading about season 1.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
Even folks who seem to have it all together, like Ron’s slick CEO Jeff (Lou Diamond Phillips), only ever seem one twinge of embarrassment away from falling off the deep end.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
During the 2017-18 basketball season, Sister Jean broke her hip in a fall off a sidewalk curb and missed nine home games.
—Shannon Ryan, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Falloff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/falloff. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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