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Off-color

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Adjective

1. indelicate, off-color, off-colour

in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent

Example Sentences:
'an indelicate remark'
'an off-color joke'

2. bawdy, off-color, ribald

humorously vulgar

Example Sentences:
'bawdy songs'
'off-color jokes'
'ribald language'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Off-color

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adjective
the US equivalent of off colour (sense 2)

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Off-color

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adjective
1. 
varying from the usual, standard, or required color
2.  US
not quite proper; in rather poor taste; risqué
an off-color joke

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Off-color

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adj.
1. Exhibiting bad taste: an off-color joke.
2. Varying from the usual, expected, or required color.
3. Not in good health or spirits.

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