off-the-wall

off-the-wall (ôf-wôl, f-)

adj. Informal

1. Very unconventional or unusual: manic, off-the-wall creativity; off-the-wall humor.

2. Exhibiting bizarre behavior; crazy: their off-the-wall friends.

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off-the-wall

adj

(off the wall when postpositive) Slang new or unexpected in an unconventional or eccentric way an off-the-wall approach to humour

[possibly from the use of the phrase in handball and squash to describe a shot that is unexpected]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

off-the-wall - conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics" bizarre, eccentric, gonzo, outlandish, outre, freaky, flakey, flaky, freakish unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles"

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off-the-wall

adjective

1. weird, odd, strange, out there (slang), bizarre, extraordinary, fantastic, astonishing, curious, peculiar, eccentric, queer, singular, far-out (slang), outlandish, oddball (informal), left-field (informal), freakish surreal off-the-wall humour

2. foolish, silly, unwise, unreasonable, senseless, short-sighted, ill-advised, nonsensical, indiscreet, ill-judged, ill-considered, imprudent, unintelligent, injudicious, incautious some absurd, off-the-wall investment strategy

Translations

off-the-wall [ˌɒfðəˈwɔːl] ADJ [idea etc] → disparatado