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Common
adj
•
Inoperative
,
disabled
.
•
Cancelled
; not
happening
.
•
Not
fitted
; not being
worn
.
•
Rancid
,
rotten
,
gone bad
.
•
In Australian English:
Disgusting
,
repulsive
,
abhorrent
.
•
Less than
normal
, in
temperament
or in
result
.
•
Inappropriate
;
untoward
.
•
Circumstanced
.
•
Started
on the way
.
•
Far; off to the
side
.
•
Designating
a time when one is not
strictly
attentive
to business or
affairs
, or is
absent
from a
post
, and, hence, a time when
affairs
are not
urgent
.
•
Designating
a time when one is not
performing
to the
best of
one's
abilities
.
•
Presently
unavailable
.
•
In British English:
On the side
furthest from the
kerb
(the
right-hand
side
if one
drives
on the
left
).
•
In Cricket:
In, or towards the
half
of the
field
away
from the
batsman
's
legs
; the
right side
for a
right-handed
batsman
.
prep
•
Not
positioned
upon;
away
from a
position
upon.
•
Detached
,
separated
,
excluded
or
disconnected
from;
away
from a
position
of
attachment
or
connection
to.
•
Used to
indicate
the
location
or
direction
of one
thing
relative
to another,
implying
adjacency
or
accessibility
via.
•
Used to
express
location
at sea
relative
to
land
or
mainland
.
•
Removed
or
subtracted
from.
•
No longer
wanting
or
taking
.
•
Out of
the
possession
of.
•
In Engineering:
Placed
after a number (of products or
parts
,
as if
a
unit
), in
commerce
or
engineering
.
adv
•
In a
direction
away
from the
speaker
or
object
.
•
Into a
state
of non-operation or
non-existence
.
•
So as to
remove
or
separate
, or be
removed
or
separated
.
•
In Theater:
Offstage
.
•
Used in various other
ways
specific
to
individual
idiomatic
phrases
, e.g.
bring off
,
show off
,
put off
,
tell off
, etc. See the
entry
for the
individual
phrase
.
verb
•
To
kill
.
•
In Philippine English & Singapore English:
To
switch off
.
noun
•
Beginning
;
starting point
.
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