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off-grid
or off grid
[ awf-grid, of‐ ]
adjective
- not connected to or using one or more public utilities, as for electricity or water: Our farm is off grid and works on solar panels.
Well over a billion people live in off-grid areas.
Our farm is off grid and works on solar panels.
- not connected to or using one or more public communications networks, as for cellular service:
They live off grid with no internet access.
- not having communication with the outside world; not participating in society:
I sometimes fantasize about a solitary, off-grid life, far away from humanity.
off-grid
adjective
- not involving or requiring the use of mainstream sources of energy
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Word History and Origins
Origin of off-grid1
First recorded in 1975–80
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