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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
Create a space where wild, offbeat ideas aren’t shut down.
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Lee Salisbury, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
But Garfield said at Middle East Film & Comic Con (via Entertainment Tonight) that coming back as Spider-Man hinges on an offbeat story idea.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
Lately, Louis-Dreyfus has been appearing in more films, including Nicole Holofcener's You Hurt My Feelings (2023) and the offbeat fantasy Tuesday (2023).
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 2 May 2025
Known to millions as Mr. Johnson, the delightfully offbeat and endlessly wise custodian of Philadelphia’s most charming fictional school, Davis has turned what began as a recurring spot into an award-winning, fan-favorite presence.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Apr. 2025
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Sinner won a bizarre semifinal in his first tournament back from a three-month doping ban, while Alcaraz triumphed in a sloppy duel.—
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Known for its deluge of gruesome deaths that just get more bizarre with each iteration, Final Destination is now returning for a sixth movie.—
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In that respect, Alonso is not necessarily unusual.—
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If anything seems unusual, trust your instincts and stop the communication immediately.—
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That’s not to say the film isn’t funny or sweet, but that there is something much more profound and uncomfortable at its heart, and one that poses a tricky challenge for first-time filmmakers Johansson and Kamen.—
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His translation recognizes, here and throughout, that the original is funny and compelling enough not to need elaborate explanation, even 60 years after its debut.—
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Then again, this drought is uncommon for the 22-year-old center fielder.—
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Flares of this magnitude are uncommon, the service added.—
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Because of this strange clustering, the Atlantic Shark Institute has posted signs around Narragansett alerting beachgoers to be on the lookout.—
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The long strange trip is proving to be even longer than anyone thought.—
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Just a weird observation about the oscillator that is worth pointing out.—
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His monsters are inventive and weird — and almost endlessly memeable.—
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There’s an odd smoothness to the look and feel of the cinematography by Christian Sebaldt, but the uncanny valley phenomenon is welcome when watching bodily destruction unfold.—
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It was also updated to clarify the role of Victor Ortega-Jiménez in observing the flamingos' odd feeding behavior.—
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Giving a killer robot killer cheekbones and killer abs, but repeatedly showing us his Ken doll-style absence of genitals, becomes a peculiar piece of world-building that even supplemental dialogue can’t fix.—
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In 1923, the dentist trekked across the Rocky Mountains to Oakley, a small town in southern Idaho, to meet with parents who had noticed the peculiar brown stains on their children’s teeth, the CDC says.—
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“Offbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offbeat. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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