: not identified with a major brand name
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When your content is confusing, emotionally charged without context or starts zigzagging into areas that feel off-brand, trust falls apart. Claire Bahn, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 Blowing up the asteroid by packing a hopper full of off-brand TNT and then wiring it up to explode after the pilots zip over to another hopper and flying that bad boy back to Mars? Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 May 2026 Hypermart pumps, and off-brand gas stations, offered the same gasoline at far cheaper prices, as much as 80 cents in recent weeks, according to the agency. Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026 Pemberton’s first stab at a commercial beverage was an off-brand version of Vin Mariani, a popular coca wine. Mariah Franklin, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for off-brand

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of off-brand was in 1892

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“Off-brand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-brand. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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