off-speed

[ awf-speed, of- ]

/ ˈɔfˈspid, ˈɒf- /

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adjective

slower than usual or expected, as a baseball pitch.

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Words nearby off-speed

offsider, off-site, off someone's back, off someone's feet, off someone's hands, off-speed, offspring, offstage, off-street, off stump, offtake

How to use off-speed in a sentence

And, in an interesting off-speed pitch, future Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez, perhaps the greatest pitcher of the era.
Ken Burns Tackles Baseball Again|Allen Barra|September 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He used the last lot of Indurate to make that booster, a device which he said would increase our take-off speed.
The Long Voyage|Carl Richard Jacobi