put off
verb
put off; putting off; puts off
Examples of put off in a Sentence
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
put off your coat and stay awhile
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Companies have been put off by the high cost of creating training programs, but artificial intelligence provides a solution.
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Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Dex is too new to the city to be put off by a trip to Queens, and he’s also fixated on pumping Blessing’s friend, Chike, for information on his encounter with the Dark Passenger.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Streisand says she was put off by the negativity that often surrounded her interviews.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 9 July 2025
As more and more recipes are converted to grams (my favorite measuring metric), there’s no reason to put off investing in a digital scale, especially with how affordable these gadgets can be.
—Tyler Shane, Wired News, 3 July 2025
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Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Dex is too new to the city to be put off by a trip to Queens, and he’s also fixated on pumping Blessing’s friend, Chike, for information on his encounter with the Dark Passenger.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Streisand says she was put off by the negativity that often surrounded her interviews.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 9 July 2025
As more and more recipes are converted to grams (my favorite measuring metric), there’s no reason to put off investing in a digital scale, especially with how affordable these gadgets can be.
—Tyler Shane, Wired News, 3 July 2025
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“Put off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%20off. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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