off year

noun

1

: a year in which no major election is held

2

: a year of diminished activity or production

an off year for auto sales

Examples of off year in a Sentence

It has been an off year for auto sales.

Recent Examples on the Web

Last year’s blitz of bills, capping off years of gradual legislative efforts to remove regulatory barriers to building dense housing across California, has, in Wicks’ view, teed up this next big swing. —Calmatters, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026

Last year’s blitz of bills, capping off years of gradual legislative efforts to remove regulatory barriers to building dense housing across California, has, in Wicks’ view, teed up this next big swing. —Ben Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026

Chances are that Democrats will again seize on affordability, an issue that helped boost them in the most recent off year elections. —Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026

For an off year, 2025 was a surprisingly busy one in Florida politics. —Jim Defede, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for off year

• auctioneer
• bandelier
• belvedere
• bombardier
• brigadier
• buccaneer
• cavalier
• chandelier
• chanticleer
• chevalier
• commandeer
• disappear