off-color

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off-color

adjective more off-color · most off-color · off-colour

Of the wrong color. Careful control of mixing at the central point reduces the possibility of off-color paint in some booths, and uniform pressure at the spray guns is easily maintained.
idiomatic Dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant. He told an off-color joke.
idiomatic Different from usual. Since Zappa treats subject matter, dialogue, and song as musical material, Permanent Damage has a casual off-color quality. Permanent Damage and An Evening with Wild Man Fischer were works of oddball sociology as much as they were rock and roll records.
idiomatic Feeling mildly unwell. I feel a bit off-color today.
Similar: under the weather

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adj of the wrong color

Deutsch	farblich abweichend

adj dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant

Deutsch	dreckig, schmutzig, frivol, schlüpfrig

adj different from usual

Deutsch	aus dem Rahmen fallend, nicht alltäglich, unkonventionell

adj feeling mildly unwell

Deutsch	unwohl, angeschlagen, flau

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@misc{off_color_2026,
  title = {off-color},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/off-color},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}