offbeat
adjective
• not coinciding with the beat.
• "a rapid tempo is essential here, otherwise we will not sense the offbeat hemiolas"
• unconventional; unusual.
• "she's a little offbeat but she's a wonderful actress"
Similar:
unconventional,
unorthodox,
unusual,
off-centre,
eccentric,
outré,
idiosyncratic,
strange,
bizarre,
weird,
peculiar,
odd,
freakish,
outlandish,
out of the ordinary,
Bohemian,
alternative,
left-field,
hippy,
zany,
quirky,
avant-garde,
novel,
innovative,
wacky,
freaky,
kinky,
way-out,
far out,
kooky,
oddball,
off the wall,
bizarro,
offbeat
noun
• any of the normally unaccented beats in a bar.
• "the horns come in full-force on the offbeats"
