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off-chance

off-chance is the alternative spelling of off chance.

Meaning of off chance

Noun

off chance (plural off chances)

  1. (idiomatic) A possibility that is not likely or probable.
    • He submitted a job application on the off chance that nobody better would.

Questions about off-chance

What is off-chance the alternative spelling of?
Off-chance is the alternative spelling of off chance.

Words near off-chance in the dictionary

  1. off-casting
  2. off-casts
  3. off-center
  4. off-centre
  5. off-chain
  6. off-chance
  7. off-collab
  8. off-color
  9. off-colour
  10. off-coloured
  11. off-come

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Adapted from Wiktionary: off-chance (page history and authors); off chance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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