OTG

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

   Synonyms:

   off-grid, incommunicado

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