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off-grid

off-the-grid,
Or off grid

[awf-grid, of]

adjective

  1. not connected to or using one or more public utilities, as for electricity or water: Our farm is off grid and works on solar panels.

    Well over a billion people live in off-grid areas.

    Our farm is off grid and works on solar panels.

  2. not connected to or using one or more public communications networks, as for cellular service.

    They live off grid with no internet access.

  3. not having communication with the outside world; not participating in society.

    I sometimes fantasize about a solitary, off-grid life, far away from humanity.



off-grid

adjective

  1. not involving or requiring the use of mainstream sources of energy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of off-grid1

First recorded in 1975–80
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"It sounds like at times he would go out and would be off-grid for sometimes up to two and a half months," Sheriff Morrison said after speaking to Mr Decker's family.

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A man accused of murdering a woman in a "vicious and brutal attack" had been living off-grid while "on the run" from police for two years, a court has heard.

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Food and Agriculture Organization said in a statement that setting up off-grid photovoltaic systems is crucial to restoring agricultural activities like irrigation and cold storage.

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But there are a hardy few who already live their lives "off-grid", getting by just fine without mains electricity or mains water.

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She has campaigned for a decade to get mains power to an off-grid community she describes as "on the edge of society".

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