off-color
not having the usual or standard color: an off-color gem.
of doubtful propriety or taste; risqué: an off-color joke.
not in one's usual health: to feel off-color.
Origin of off-color
1- Also especially British, off-col·our .
- Also off-col·ored (for defs. 1, 2) .
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How to use off-color in a sentence
Their job is to fire you up, whether via jaw-dropping sports highlight or off-color pronouncement.
Meanwhile, Farage has been slammed for his own off-color remarks about Romanians.
Elections Could Be the Beginning of the End for Europe | Tracy McNicoll, Nadette De Visser | May 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe n-word might out of bounds, but an off-color comment, racial in tone?
Why Reality Stars Like Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Can’t Be Real | Tricia Romano | December 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOver his long career, Rush Limbaugh has suffered astonishingly little blowback for off-color remarks.
Racism Is a Tough Sell: The Real Reason Everyone Dumped Paula Deen | Daniel Gross | June 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut this is what Edwards has been relegated to: a morbid curiosity, a cautionary tale, a punchline to off-color jokes.
A thing to be forgotten always is the off-color story with which some people persist in polluting the atmosphere.
The Book of Courage | John Thomson FarisWherever three or four men are gathered together, they rapidly organize a clearing-house of off-color stories.
Excuse Me! | Rupert HughesThen you suspected there was something a little off-color about that telegram?
Motor Matt's Air Ship | Stanley R. MatthewsHe tried to tell me an off-color story and forgot the point of it, if indeed it had any point.
Europe Revised | Irvin S. CobbThe painted stone may be detected by washing it with alcohol, when the dye will be removed and the off-color will become apparent.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public | Frank Bertram Wade
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