: not identified with a major brand name
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Some older types of bakeware or off-brand pieces may use soda-lime glass instead of borosilicate glass, which is more prone to thermal shock. Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025 Faux brass candlesticks, plastic nutcrackers, and off-brand plaid blankets are hauled out as budget stand-ins for the designer’s signature style. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025 But law also allows compounding when medicines are in shortage, and GLP-1 manufacturers had trouble meeting outsized demand for several years, opening up an entire market of off-brand, compounded GLP-1s. Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025 As far as Senra is concerned, these topics aren’t off-brand. Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for off-brand

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of off-brand was in 1892

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“Off-brand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-brand. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.

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