off year
a year without a major, especially presidential, election.
a year marked by reduced or inferior production or activity in a particular field, as farming, business, or sports: With its wet, cold summer, this was an off year for grapes.
Origin of off year
1Other words from off year
- off-year, adjective
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How to use off year in a sentence
The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.
So far, Ready for Hillary's foray into off-year elections is mixed.
Ready for Hillary Super PAC Throws In for 2014 Midterms | David Freedlander | March 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut, in an off-year special election those patterns might not hold.
Canter acknowledges that the Democrats talk about “field” in every off-year election.
Democrats’ Best Weapon for Midterms: Fear of a Red Senate | Michael Tomasky | February 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInstead, the off-year had elections of less political significance but scandals that were a lot more fun.
At the present time the Red Astrachans are ripe and the two off-year branches are fairly well loaded with magnificent apples.
In Pastures Green | Peter McArthurEvery President in the off-year election urges the election of a Congress of his own party.
Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements | Frank B. Lord and James William BryanBy the latter system the ploughing is done in the off-year, and the land left a naked fallow.
A Report on Washington Territory | William Henry Ruffner
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