1
as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
an offbeat approach to the task, but it gets the job done
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as in unusual
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
this writer has an enjoyably offbeat sense of humor
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Recent Examples of offbeat
The friends' adventures take them deeper into their ever-eccentric community of Table Town, where animals and magical oddballs navigate life, school, relationships, and the quirks of their offbeat and loveable universe.
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Devonne Goode, Parents, 24 July 2025
The offbeat inspiration for Noah Hawley's 'Alien: Earth'?
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
This isn’t an entirely new thing for Wednesday, whose executive producer and director Tim Burton helped discover so many offbeat Gen X-ers.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
The musical journey also introduces audiences to a range of offbeat Irish trivia fit for a pub quiz or TV game show.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
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Devonne Goode, Parents, 24 July 2025
The offbeat inspiration for Noah Hawley's 'Alien: Earth'?
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
This isn’t an entirely new thing for Wednesday, whose executive producer and director Tim Burton helped discover so many offbeat Gen X-ers.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
The musical journey also introduces audiences to a range of offbeat Irish trivia fit for a pub quiz or TV game show.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for offbeat
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The indictment of Adams’ former top advisor came a day after another member of Adams’ inner circle became embroiled in a bizarre apparent bribery attempt involving a news reporter.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 2025
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The Italian police use her poor grasp of Italian and their own blindspots about American culture to bolster their bizarre theories.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Aug. 2025
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Although unusual, this display is likely not going to be as strong as 2024’s extreme G5 geomagnetic storms, the most powerful for two decades.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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While the sight might not have been unusual a few weeks prior, Garcia's neighbors had notably packed up and moved out several days earlier, leaving the property completely empty, aside from the mysterious brown dog.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Ramirez described Flores as a humble, funny and caring person.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Scattered Thoughts: The digs at 30 Seconds To Mars were funny and telling.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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While rainbow snakes are not venomous, snake bites are not uncommon in the United States, with approximately 7,000 to 8,000 people bitten by venomous snakes across the country annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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This dog's choice of eating grass over running at the park isn't uncommon, but the reason still remains unclear, with several theories floating around, according to an article from PetMD.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025
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At the campaign’s first big canvassing event in mid-December, primary field director Tascha Van Auken noticed something strange happening.—
Mark Chiusano,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
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Death Valley’s Racetrack Playa is home to some very strange rocks.—
Andrew Paul Aug 14,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
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Two-tone paint job and that weird hump of a trunk, remember?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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Like everybody else in the show, he’s squeezed by the various, weird incentives of a capitalist medical system.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
14 Aug. 2025
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In an odd coincidence, The Long Walk actually represents the first of two King novels that were released under his Richard Bachman pen name that have been adapted into films this fall, and both are about dystopian contests.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
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The first chunk of Highest 2 Lowest mulls this odd moral dilemma: whether King should pony up the massive ransom demanded for someone who isn’t family.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
19 Aug. 2025
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This one is admittedly peculiar, but beloved in and around its hometown of Lexington, North Carolina, the epicenter of western-style NC barbecue.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
28 Aug. 2025
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Obviously, the 26-year-old was not all that impressive in limited action, but the fact that New Orleans seems to be on its way to retaining just two active quarterbacks on its 53-man roster is peculiar.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Offbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offbeat. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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