off-base
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adjective
located outside the perimeters of a military base: off-base housing for officers.
Origin:
1935–40
1935–40
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off-base
"unawares," 1936, Amer.Eng., fig. extension from baseball sense of "not in the right position" (1907), from notion of a baserunner being picked off while taking a lead.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Off-base
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example sentences
The whole fat-exec-who-doesn't-deserve-to-be-there characterization is way off-base.
Requirement is for rental of off-base storage units.
In many duty stations, military personnel may receive a housing allowance that can be used for off-base housing.
The student's main point about the language of the speech was true, but the comment about the election was completely off-base.
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