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off-the-grid

off-the-grid is the alternative form of off the grid.

Meaning of off the grid

Adjective

off the grid

  1. Of a home, business, or the occupants thereof, not using electricity from the public electrical supply system.
    • [T]his 1,250-square-foot earth-covered house relies on solar power and is off the grid.2005 March 18, Bethany Lyttle, “Energy-Efficient Houses: Lowering the Long-Term Cost”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Dec 2011
  2. Not reachable by means of a publicly available communication system, such as the Internet or a mobile telephone network.
    • He has no desire to be found. His place was off the grid. The cabin had no television, phone, or computer.2009, J. Gale Morrison, We Were the Zonks!, →ISBN, page 263
  3. (idiomatic) Isolated; in a remote location; in seclusion; not participating in some official process or system.
    • The beach looked like a small swatch of an industrial wasteland. […] He had promised me a crowd-free break that was off the grid, and here it was.2008 May 4, Julia Chaplin, “Riding the Waves of Peru”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Dec 2011

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Questions about off-the-grid

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

Words near off-the-grid in the dictionary

  1. off-the-air
  2. off-the-ball
  3. off-the-books
  4. off-the-charts
  5. off-the-cuff
  6. off-the-grid
  7. off-the-gridder
  8. off-the-gridders
  9. off-the-peg
  10. off-the-rack
  11. off-the-record

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