: 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
Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
Why others fell Penn State and Texas falling off the ballot is pretty easy to explain.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 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
Some people are screaming at the air, their pants falling off their frail frames.
—Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
Why others fell Penn State and Texas falling off the ballot is pretty easy to explain.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Falloff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/falloff. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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