1. done, occurring, or made only once; one-shot.
2. something occurring, done, or made only once.
Examples from the web for one-off
- Particularly given how many questions executives were asked about serialized versus one-off storytelling.
- But that success is a one-off, and the big contributors are still contributing big, with all that entails.
- Unfortunately, the conversion was a one-off vehicle.
- We have so many one-off designers that have these little cottage industries.
- The multiple-extra role wasn't a one-off effort either.
- It also muddles up one-off emissions from deforestation with ongoing pollution.
- University police have admitted that they believed the killings were a one-off domestic dispute.
- But there's no telling whether this is a one-off scolding or will translate into longer-term action.
- They're often one-off hand-holding proposals with indefinite ends.
- Those that cheated on the first encounter got a one-off allocation of fitness, but would never be trusted in the future.
British Dictionary definitions for one-off
noun 1. (
Brit)
- something that is carried out or made only once
- (as modifier): a one-off job
Also one-shot Word Origin and History for one-off
n. "single example of a manufactured product," 1934, from one + off. Later given figurative extension.
Slang definitions & phrases for one-off
one-off
noun Something unique; something not repeated:encouraged band member Jim Warchol to think of 5th and National as more than a one-off (1934+)