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offbeat

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1. offbeat - Noun

2. offbeat - Adjective

3. offbeat - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

(informal) strikingly unconventional

an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)

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I don't think of myself as offbeat and weird. As a kid, I saw myself as the type of guy who would run into a burning building to save the baby. Christian Slater

I've always chosen incredibly different roles and things that are quite offbeat. That way you're not limited. Anna Friel

I have worried about getting pigeon-holed, but now I think I've done enough weird, offbeat stuff not to be. And I also know that I do things for the right reasons: I've made my money, so I don't have to say yes to anything. Christopher Meloni

I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible. Beck

There's a silliness that is in my stand-up. I grew up in Indiana, worshipping David Letterman, so it's Letterman-like, observational, a little bit offbeat. I don't go up there and make fun of people's shirts. There's a bit of dryness in it. Jim Gaffigan

Some people like neat suburbs. I always am attracted to the rundown and the old and the offbeat. William S. Burroughs

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