off-topic

See also: offtopic and off topic

English

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Adjective

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

Not related to the matter under discussion.
- 1992, Dial in, page 9:
  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.

Alternative forms

offtopic, off topic

Antonyms

on-topic

Descendants

→ Russian: оффто́п (offtóp)

Translations

not related to the matter being discussed

Czech: mimo téma
Finnish: asiaan kuulumaton, epäasiallinen, asiaton (fi)
French: hors sujet (fr)
Polish: nie na temat, offtop m
Russian: не по те́ме (ne po téme), оффто́п (offtóp) (slang)
Slovak: mimo témy
Spanish: fuera de tema
Swedish: irrelevant (sv)

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