off-base
adjective
located outside the perimeters of a military base.
off-base
American
[awf-beys, of-]
/ ˈɔfˈbeɪs, ˈɒf- /
adjective
off base
Idioms
Etymology
Origin of off-base
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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McDonald are not off-base when they say that Mahmoud establishes their right to send their kids to school unvaccinated.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
Curious to see the effect of all that Americanness, I drove north from Naha to Makiminato, a place once dominated by American bases, off-base housing and base-adjacent businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, died at his off-base residence, the U.S.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
In a paper published Monday in “The Anatomical Record,” an international team of paleontologists, neuroscientists and behavioral scientists argue that Herculano-Houzel’s assumptions about brain cavity size and corresponding neuron counts were off-base.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
He also took up the question of whether to provide off-base integrated schooling, balancing the difficult problem of protecting the civil rights of federal employees against the educational advantages of a state-sponsored education system.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor
The irony, however: That bully wasn’t completely off base.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
In fact, all of these expectations were far off base.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
That is quite the takeaway, not to mention depressingly way off base from the point.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
Public perception of a double-standard for the wealthy and powerful may not be so off base.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024
I realized, of course, that this might be because my theory about the old D&D module was completely lame and totally off base.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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