Definitions

off the record

[awf-thuh-rek-erd, of-] / ˈɔf ðəˈrɛk ərd, ˈɒf- /

ADJECTIVE

confidential

Synonyms

WEAK

arcane backdoor classified hush-hush hushed in private inside not for publication not public on the Q.T. private privy secret unofficial

ADJECTIVE

not for the record

Synonyms

WEAK

confidential eyes-only for no other ears in confidence not for publication not to be quoted on the Q.T. sensitive unofficial within these four walls

ADVERB

not for the record

Synonyms

STRONGEST

confidentially privately

WEAK

between us eyes-only for no other ears in confidence not for publication not to be quoted on the Q.T. secretly unofficially within these four walls

Example Sentences

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She was also reported to have privately disparaged the show’s correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who reported the segment, to journalists in off-the-record briefings.

From Salon

During that interview, he took an off-the-record call with Petro.

From Salon

Some in government have blamed the 48-year-old adviser for being behind the briefings - and of importing a culture of off-the-record chats with journalists from opposition into Downing Street.

From BBC

It's a word which comes up again and again at the moment in off-the-record conversations with ministers, government advisers and Labour MPs.

From BBC

A chorus of off-the-record criticism, much of it strikingly personal, threatened to overwhelm the government.

From BBC

off the record

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