off-topic

See also: offtopic and off topic

English

Etymology

From off- +‎ topic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

1. 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
• Estonian: teemaväline
• Finnish: asiaan kuulumaton, epäasiallinen, asiaton (fi)
• French: hors sujet (fr)
• German: sachfremd, unsachlich (de)
• Polish: nie na temat, offtop m
• Russian: не по те́ме (ne po téme), оффто́п (ru) (offtóp) (slang)
• Slovak: mimo témy
• Spanish: fuera de tema
• Swedish: irrelevant (sv)