off the charts meaning: definition, quotations

off the charts

prep_phrasealso spelled off-the-charts

Outside of the normal range of measurement; beyond expectations.

Advance sales quickly went off the charts.
A key feature of mainstream Western media today is the relentless China-bashing. It is off the charts and tiring, often involving regurgitated trivia or fabricated stories with no evidence to support callous statements about the country, demonstrating a deep lack of understanding. But such stories continue to be churned out with no end in sight.2023 February 21, Chandran Nair, “Anti-China Rhetoric Is Off the Charts in Western Media”, in The Diplomat, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2024:

adj

Exceeding the normal range of measurement.

The off-the-charts sea temperatures and Antarctic sea ice loss were seen as the most shocking.2023 August 28, Damian Carrington, Nina Lakhani, Oliver Milman, Adam Morton, Ajit Niranjan, “‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN: