Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

on-again, off-again

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.28 in modern English

Syllables: on-a-gain, of-f-a-gain
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Intermittent; frequent but irregular.

Example Sentences

"But the screenplay, from Supernatural creator Eric Kripke, diverts too often to inert scenes of Lewis’ struggles at school, and a subplot about his on-again, off-again friendship with bully Tarby Corrigan (Sunny Suljic) feels like a distraction from the magical business at hand."
"On the ninth day of filming Netflix’s “Mind Your Manners,” the show’s host, the Shanghai etiquette teacher Sara Jane Ho, dumped her on-again-off-again boyfriend of four years in a text message."

Inflected Forms

on-again-off-again (alternative) on-again off-again (alternative) on again, off again (alternative) on again off again (alternative)

Phrases

love-hate

Frequently Paired Words

love-hate

Synonyms

on-off

Questions

What does on-again, off-again mean?: Intermittent; frequent but irregular.

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