off-message in English
adjective
1
departing from an expected or regular theme or issue.
The congressman has been increasingly off-message on Northern Ireland since becoming chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Use "off-message" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "off-message" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "off-message", or refer to the context using the word "off-message" in the English Dictionary.
1. By wielding his lasso in the White House, Ickes can help to stop Clinton from wandering off-message.
2. His overall loss on that day has been attributed to his going "off message", ineffectively accusing Bush of being anti-Catholic due to having visited Bob Jones University and getting into a verbal battle with leaders of the Religious Right.