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off topic

off topic is the alternative form of off-topic.

Meaning of off-topic

Adjective

off-topic (comparative more off-topic, superlative most off-topic)

  1. Not related to the matter under discussion.
    • When someone asks an off-topic question […] they are usually quickly told to knock it off. You can't ask a question about modems in an echo devoted to local-area networks.1992, Dial in, page 9

Forms of off topic

comparativemore off topic
superlativemost off topic

Questions about off topic

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

Words near off topic in the dictionary

  1. off the water cart
  2. off the water wagon
  3. off time
  4. off times
  5. off to the races
  6. off topic
  7. off vocal
  8. off vocals
  9. off white
  10. off wiki
  11. off with someone's head

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