TURNOFF Definition & Meaning

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turnoff

[ turn-awf, -of ]

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noun

a small road that branches off from a larger one, especially a ramp or exit leading off a major highway:
He took the wrong turnoff and it took him some 15 minutes to get back on the turnpike.
a place at which one diverges from or changes a former course.
an act of turning off.
the finished product of a certain manufacturing process, as weaving.
the quantity of fattened livestock distributed to market.
Slang. something or someone that makes one unsympathetic or antagonistic.

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Origin of turnoff¹

First recorded in 1680–90; noun use of verb phrase turn off

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I passed the turnoff to the waterfall, climbed the steep paved hill and touched the Pinecrest Gate leading out to the streets of Altadena.

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Finally, the continually shrinking foal crop has made race fields small, a turnoff for bettors who like full fields to offer more options.

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The one time the Met tried a remarkable Wagner staging, Robert Wilson’s production of “Lohengrin,” it proved an audience turnoff.

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Pence’s sorry treatment at Trump’s hands apparently is no turnoff, however, for ambitious Republicans coveting proximity to power and possession of Air Force Two, should Trump be elected again.

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She told council members the conditions are demoralizing to staff and a turnoff to potential recruits coming for interviews.

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