as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
she does have some off-the-wall suggestions about home decorating
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Recent Examples of off-the-wall
There, his off-the-wall creations like blues singer Calhoun Tubbs and horny prison inmate Tiny made Grier one of the show's most beloved performers.
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Elliott Smith, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Ziggi’s develops some off-the-wall drinks.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Sep. 2025
Rather, the failures here just highlight everything that makes Swag sound so fresh and off-the-wall.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
That game feels like a proper military sim, while Black Ops 7 seems to be taking the franchise in an absurdist direction, not just futuristic but completely off-the-wall.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-the-wall
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His work is marked by unusual, even bizarre, material choices that encrust spatial compositions reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright’s innovative open space plans.—
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Some unnamed Chicago bartender in the early 1880s had the improbable idea of taking a Whiskey Sour and adding a little red wine to the top, inventing in a bizarre flash of insightone of the great warm weather whiskey drinks of our time.—
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To the contrary, though the film is frequently funny, Brewer takes their ambitions and reversals seriously.—
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Hockey is a funny game sometimes.—
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The sounds had become a strange new normal for the diverse Central neighborhood.—
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And there was a strange preoccupation with running out of time, even though the show ended a good 15 minutes early as if the performers didn’t understand their own timeline.—
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The then-unknown Michael Shannon, whose early career roles in Chicago were every bit as weird as this play, starred in that production.—
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But this year, due to weird scheduling, the BAFTA nods will come out on January 27, after the Oscar nominations.—
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Toronto netminder Dennis Hildeby stoned Trevor Zegras on a breakaway, and later made consecutive saves on Matvei Michkov and Sean Couturier to spring the odd-man rush that led to Cowan's goal.—
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The details of Cooper’s crime seemed too tempting to McNally, a high school dropout turned military-airplane electrician who’d pursued odd jobs and scams since being discharged.—
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That's part of a peculiar mindset that insists people with low incomes should not only be poor, but miserable.—
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The writers mold a peculiar premise in their screenplay by avoiding another dime-a-dozen found footage spectacle, instead turning a very careful eye toward the real-life atrocities committed by the church — plus some genuine scares.—
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The baths have reappeared after a long time spent under the water of a reservoir, and people of all ages curious about the discovery come to spend the day.—
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There is a curious absence of any patience in exploring the forces shaping their unsettlingly growing worldview.—
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These large waves can be erratic and unpredictable.—
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The addiction eventually took its toll, and Chase became more erratic and difficult to work with.—
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“Off-the-wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-the-wall. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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