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off-message
[ awf-mes-ij, of‐ ]
adjective
- straying from or contradicting the central theme or official message of a political, business, or other organization:
The last speaker was way off-message with his bad jokes and irrelevant anecdotes.
off message
adjective
- off-message when prenominal not adhering to or reflecting the official line of a political party, government, or other organization
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Origin of off-message1
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Example Sentences
Dr. Kent Sepkowitz applauds the CDC investigators for straying off-message.
The Republican candidate, forced off-message, is suddenly and manifestly on the defensive.
I guess that type of statement would have been too "off-message" for the RNC to release.
Bill Clinton famously got taken off-message in his first months by wading into the gays-in-the-military debate.
But if McClellan was off-message in his campaign duties, he was hardly alone.
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