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off-day

off-day

3 3.9
A day when someone does not do as well as usual
  • noun
  • /ˈɔfˌdeɪ/
translation icon : mal día
  • We all have off days.
  • Even on off-days
  • relaxing off-days

Examples

  • Every QB has off days; Smith is no different.

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  • We had another off day, and I decided to have a cakes and pies day.

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  • Let's say it's your off day and your girls like, hey, let's go to the mall.

  • Yeah, you know, we had an off-day, so I decided to come out here and see them play.

  • Just having a little off-day.

  • It felt different from just a regular off day; it felt like I was exhausted and just needed a rest!

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  • You don't have off days, Lootz.

  • Could Middlebrooks get a few off days to give Youkilis some at-bats?

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  • After struggling with his performance for a week, he finally admitted he was having an off-day.

  • Even the best athletes can experience an off-day when their skills don't match their usual standards.

Synonyms

crappy day
vsoff-day
  • NSFW
5 8.6

A day when many things go wrong and you feel unhappy

is about poor personal performance not only general unpleasantness
fuckity day
vsoff-day
  • Offensive
9.9

A day when many things go wrong and you feel frustrated

is a temporary drop in usual performance rather than broad misfortune
shitbucket day
vsoff-day
  • Offensive
9.9

A day when many bad things happen

is focused on lowered personal performance not a chain of mishaps

Antonyms

293 3.5

Able to do a lot and get useful results

How Bad

crappy day
  • NSFW
5 8.6
off-day
3 3.9
everyday
276 1.0

Surface Forms

off-day singular
off-days plural

Morphology

off-day = day (semi-transparent) = off + day

The components 'off' and 'day' are clear, but the idiomatic meaning of a day when things go poorly is not directly derivable from the parts. [Postprocessing: moved 'off' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Off-day comes from the common word off, meaning 'not right' or 'away', and day, meaning 'a day'. So an off-day is a day when things feel 'off' and you do not do as well as usual.