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off-topic

adj

Etymology

From off- + topic.

  1. derived from τοπικός
  2. derived from topica
  3. formed as off-topic — “off- + topic”

Definitions

  1. Not related to the matter under discussion.

    • When someone asks an off-topic question […] they are usually quickly told to knock it off. You can't ask a question about modems in an echo devoted to local-area networks.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for off-topic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA