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offbeat
/ˈɒfbiːt/
noun 2adj 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
creative
OFFBEAT + NOUN
humor
PREP.
along, on
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
1
The beats not normally accented in a measure.
The congregation clapped along on the offbeat.
2
An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform.
No one dignified such offbeats by responding to their outcries. Today, the "knockers of progress" have become a force that cannot be ignored.
Being an oddball, an offbeat, or a creative person, as Jourard sees the committed professional, is something all nurses should risk.
adj
1
Unusual; unconventional; not ordinary.
He has such an offbeat sense of humor that hardly anyone finds his jokes amusing.
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The congregation clapped along on the offbeat.
Wiktionary02
No one dignified such offbeats by responding to their outcries. Today, the "knockers of progress" have become a force that cannot be ignored.
Wiktionary03
Being an oddball, an offbeat, or a creative person, as Jourard sees the committed professional, is something all nurses should risk.
Wiktionary04
He has such an offbeat sense of humor that hardly anyone finds his jokes amusing.
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