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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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of off-message1
Example Sentences
That students aren’t allowed to ever be off-message and self-aggrandizing?
Then he quickly went off-message, touting a cognitive test he took as president, his administration’s campaign against the Islamic State group and other familiar themes.
You're talking to the off-message daughter.
What, then, should we make of a remarkable dressing down he was subjected to when he went off-message during the security council meeting?
"It's dramatically off-message for where Republicans are going on taxes — they shouldn't be talking about raising taxes on anybody," Brian Riedl, a former aide to Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and a senior fellow at the right-leaning Manhattan Institute told the Post.
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