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Keep "off-time" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "off-time" intact in the sentence you are editing.
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
After choosing a replacement for "off-time", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "off-time" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
11 total sentences available.
Day care provides that crucial off-time for the caregiver, and it can be a fun, low-pressure, social experience for the care recipients if the older person enjoys socializing and if the clientele are compatible with the older person.
Source: wiktionary
With the off-time constant, the on-time is increased to maintain the same peak-to-peak ripple current in the inductor.
Source: wiktionary
The primary outcome was the total daily "off-time" of absent or poor motor function as recorded by patients in diaries.
Source: wiktionary
Prior to March of 1952 no set time existed between the off-time of a horse race, information as to which was being broadcast, and the actual broadcasting of the results and other data aforementioned as to such race.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.
Closest matches include break, coffee break, downtime, half time, holiday.
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