1
as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
an offbeat approach to the task, but it gets the job done
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as in unusual
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
this writer has an enjoyably offbeat sense of humor
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Recent Examples of offbeat
The troupe’s irreverent brand of humor fit well with the offbeat vibe of the show, which though it was aimed at children attracted an audience of all ages thanks to its topical humor.
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Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
On a rainy morning earlier this month, in a theater in Salzburg, Austria, a soldier danced to an offbeat march with exaggerated high kicks.
—Ben Miller Laetitia Vançon, New York Times, 24 July 2025
Not everything needs to be literal: A dinosaur obsession could dictate an earthy paint scheme; a cartoon lover might appreciate furniture with offbeat proportions.
—Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 23 July 2025
Its streets reveal a mix of curving Art Nouveau architecture and sleek Nordic minimalism, with design shops, saunas, and island fortresses adding to the city’s offbeat allure.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
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Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
On a rainy morning earlier this month, in a theater in Salzburg, Austria, a soldier danced to an offbeat march with exaggerated high kicks.
—Ben Miller Laetitia Vançon, New York Times, 24 July 2025
Not everything needs to be literal: A dinosaur obsession could dictate an earthy paint scheme; a cartoon lover might appreciate furniture with offbeat proportions.
—Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 23 July 2025
Its streets reveal a mix of curving Art Nouveau architecture and sleek Nordic minimalism, with design shops, saunas, and island fortresses adding to the city’s offbeat allure.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for offbeat
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After a couple of insulting caricatures, increasingly bizarre depictions of the Vice President started to spread through the internet, the trend becoming a competition to see who could create the most hideous, weird or original Vance.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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These clever yet bizarre gadgets are both fun and oddly useful.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Just to see John Turturro and Christopher Walken play lovers is so unexpected, so unusual and so well done.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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Off-kilter stripe directions, unusual color combinations and details like denim colors update polos and rugby shirts.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Charlie Brown has evolved into something nicer In those days, Charles M. Schulz’s comic and its characters were meaner, the humor darker (and, frankly, funnier).—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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However, Perry apparently didn’t find the post funny.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
11 Aug. 2025
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Mind you, such numbers aren’t uncommon when a new artistic director takes over.—
David Lyman,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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In the United States and other high-income countries, such infections are uncommon.—
Faye Chiu,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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At the campaign’s first big canvassing event in mid-December, primary field director Tascha Van Auken noticed something strange happening.—
Mark Chiusano,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
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Death Valley’s Racetrack Playa is home to some very strange rocks.—
Andrew Paul Aug 14,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Two-tone paint job and that weird hump of a trunk, remember?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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Like everybody else in the show, he’s squeezed by the various, weird incentives of a capitalist medical system.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
14 Aug. 2025
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Sometimes an oven is like that mysterious black box on a magician's stage where odd things go in, and something far more delightful comes out.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
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The first thing that edged out of this woodwork is the odd confluence of these pitches.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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They’re endangered, and a few years ago, the fish began dying at alarming rates from a peculiar sickness.—
Jack Prator,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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This creates a peculiar situation where employees have better analytical tools at home than in the office where they’re paid to analyze, research and create.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Offbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offbeat. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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