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off-day

off-day is the alternative form of off day.

Meaning of off day

Noun

off day (plural off days)

  1. A day in which an employee is not scheduled to work; a day off.
    • Until they gain a little seniority at this hospital, newly hired nurses need not expect to have two consecutive off days.
  2. A day in which a person is not performing up to their usual level of ability.
    • I understand any pitcher can have an off day but walking four batters in one inning is ridiculous!

Forms of off-day

pluraloff-days

Questions about off-day

What is off-day the alternative form of?
Off-day is the alternative form of off day.

Words near off-day in the dictionary

  1. off-color
  2. off-colour
  3. off-coloured
  4. off-come
  5. off-corn
  6. off-day
  7. off-dry
  8. off-duty
  9. off-field
  10. off-flavor
  11. off-flavors

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: off-day (page history and authors); off day (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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