"off-brand" meaning in English

See off-brand in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more off-brand [comparative], most off-brand [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} off-brand (comparative more off-brand, superlative most off-brand)
  1. (chiefly marketing) Not serving the public image of an organisation or a person; inconsistent with one's reputation.
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  2. (of a product) Attributive form of off brand: generic. Tags: attributive, form-of Form of: off brand (extra: generic)
    Sense id: en-off-brand-en-adj-RchHadB5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
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