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off-base
adjective as in improper
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adjective as in impudent
adjective as in insolent
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adjective as in risqué
Weak matches
- amoral
- bawdy
- blue
- breezy
- crude
- daring
- dirty
- earthy
- erotic
- filthy
- foul
- gross
- hot
- immodest
- immoral
- indecent
- indecorous
- indelicate
- indiscreet
- inelegant
- lewd
- lurid
- naughty
- obscene
- off-color
- offensive
- offside
- out of line
- provocative
- purple
- racy
- raw
- ribald
- salacious
- salty
- shady
- sizzling
- smart
- smutty
- spicy
- suggestive
- unrefined
- vulgar
- wanton
- warm
- wicked
- X-rated
adjective as in unfounded
adjective as in aberrant
adjective as in malapert
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- arrant
- assuming
- assumptive
- audacious
- barefaced
- blatant
- bold
- boldfaced
- brash
- brassy
- brazen
- bumptious
- cheeky
- cocky
- contumelious
- cool
- disrespectful
- familiar
- flip
- flippant
- forward
- fresh
- immodest
- impertinent
- insolent
- nervy
- overbold
- overconfident
- pert
- presuming
- presumptuous
- procacious
- pushy
- rude
- sassy
- saucy
- smart
- smart-alecky
- unabashed
- unblushing
- wise
adjective as in smart-alecky
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adjective as in snippety
Weak matches
adjective as in unapt
Weak matches
- abnormal
- at odds
- awkward
- bad form
- discordant
- discrepant
- erroneous
- false
- ill-advised
- ill-timed
- imprudent
- inaccurate
- inadmissible
- inadvisable
- inapplicable
- inapposite
- inappropriate
- inapt
- incongruous
- incorrect
- inept
- inexpedient
- infelicitous
- inharmonious
- inopportune
- irregular
- ludicrous
- malapropos
- odd
- off base
- out of place
- out-of-season
- preposterous
- unbecoming
- unbefitting
- uncalled-for
- uncomely
- undue
- unfit
- unfitting
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untimely
- unwarranted
- wrong
adjective as in unbefitting
Weak matches
- abnormal
- at odds
- awkward
- bad form
- discordant
- discrepant
- erroneous
- false
- ill-advised
- ill-timed
- immodest
- imprudent
- inaccurate
- inadmissible
- inadvisable
- inapplicable
- inapposite
- inappropriate
- inapt
- incongruous
- incorrect
- indecent
- indecorous
- indelicate
- inept
- inexpedient
- infelicitous
- inharmonious
- inopportune
- irregular
- ludicrous
- malapropos
- naughty
- odd
- off base
- out of line
- out of place
- out-of-season
- preposterous
- unapt
- unbecoming
- uncalled-for
- uncomely
- undue
- unfit
- unfitting
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untimely
- untoward
- unwarranted
- wrong
adjective as in uppish
Weak matches
adjective as in abnormal
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adjective as in disorderly
adjective as in disruptive
phrase as in mistaken; inappropriate; inapt
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Example Sentences
Fox News, which had championed, and loudly predicted, a Mitt Romney win, was proven embarrassingly off-base.
But Boot's post is hilariously off-base: its argument can't even be reconciled with the very information he presents.
As many fact checkers quickly elucidated, the assertion was wildly off-base.
But the caricature of GM as a dysfunctional jobs exporter is off-base.
It is hard enough to be told that you are off-base and that your behavior has been bad when an adult says the damning words.
These excuses for not dealing with off-base discrimination continued throughout the decade.
The committee wanted the recommendations on off-base discrimination contained in its initial report also applied overseas.
The decision to circumscribe the use of economic sanctions against off-base discrimination made sense.
The local commander also arranged for the desegregation of some off-base social facilities in a effort to improve black morale.
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On this page you'll find 626 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to off-base, such as: awkward, erroneous, false, ill-advised, imprudent, and inaccurate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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