1
: a period of time other than a rush hour
2
: a period of time other than regular business hours

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After a long day at work, making a meal from scratch might not seem like the most appealing way to spend your precious off-hours. Caroline Tien, SELF, 13 Dec. 2024 Addressing Off-Hours Fire Detection Detecting fires during off-hours remains one of the greatest challenges. Kevin Gu, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 Implementing practices and policies on overall well-being within the work environment is one thing; influencing healthy sleep hygiene, which occurs off-hours and off-site, is another. Dr. Terrie Hope, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 As part of an array of excursion offerings, adventurous guests get a reprieve from endless doom-scrolling and off-hours work messages on a secluded private island all their own. Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for off-hour 

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of off-hour was in 1898

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“Off-hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-hour. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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