off topic
Not the subject
Off topic describes something that strays from the subject under discussion.
In meetings, classrooms, or online forums, remarks that don't relate to the established subject are off topic: Let's stay focused—that's off topic.
Moderators may remove off-topic posts.
The hyphenated form works as an adjective before nouns: an off-topic comment.
- sidetrackDivert from purpose
- irrelevantNot pertinent
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
- unrelatedHaving no link
- non sequiturIllogical conclusion or remark
out of left field · divergent · extraneous · digression · lost the thread · derailment · rambling · rabbit hole · beside the point · neither here nor there · immaterial · missing the point · nonessential · discussion · change the subject · interruptions · askew · distraction
- distractionsdistraction, digression, tangent, sidetrack, diversion
- messagingmessage, text, chat, send, reply
- nonessentialunnecessary, unneeded, nonessential, inessential, dispensable
- by the wayincidentally, aside, apropos, tangentially, parenthetically