out to lunch

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

out to lunch (not comparable)

  1. Away eating lunch or for a midday break; especially, away from work or a job.
    She's out to lunch right now, but you may leave her a note.
  2. (idiomatic, informal) Clueless, inattentive, or careless.
    After he drove with his turn signal on for five miles, I was pretty sure he was out to lunch.
    • 1979, Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
      Zaphod Beeblebrox, adventurer, ex-hippy, good-timer, (crook? quite possibly), manic self-publicist, terribly bad at personal relationships, often thought to be completely out to lunch.
    • 2002, “Along Came a Biter”, in Temporary Forever, performed by Busdriver:
      But then along came this biter / And he was so out of touch / So completely self indulgent / Just so out to lunch

Usage notes

  • May also be used as an adverb.
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