off-the-record

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off-the-record

adjective

  1. not comparable Unofficial. Despite knowing that getting rid of Koeman was going to necessitate putting his hand very deep into what are currently very shallow pockets, Laporta changed tack a couple of weeks ago by summoning journalists for an off-the-record briefing about what was going to happen with the coach.
  2. not comparable Secret; clandestine.

adverb

  1. not comparable Unofficially.
  2. not comparable Secretly, in secret, clandestinely.

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adj unofficial

日本語オフレコ ofureko, 非公式の hikoushikino
Italianoufficioso
Русскийне для протокола ne dlja protokola

adj secret

Italianosegreto

adv unofficially

日本語非公式に hikoushikini
Italianoufficiosamente

adv secretly

Italianosegretamente

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"off-the-record." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/off-the-record. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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off-the-record. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/off-the-record

Chicago

"off-the-record." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/off-the-record.

BibTeX
@misc{off_the_record_2026,
  title = {off-the-record},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/off-the-record},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}