Meanings
alternative left-field
- not comparableFrom out of left field; off-the-wall; unconventional.
Deacon's second album, Bromst, will be an intricate merry-go-round of joyous, leftfield compositions.
2009 February 26, Mikey Cahill, “Rock City”, in Herald Sun1 more example
A lot of the left-field techno producers in this country were moving towards jungle and breakbeat influences then – so it was almost perverse for you to go towards techno.
2020, Joe Muggs, Brian David Stevens, Bass, Mids, Tops: An Oral History of Sound System Culture, MIT Press, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
nounthe fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
German abseitig, abwegig
- abseitigUnconventionel, off-the-wall
- abwegigUnconventionel, off-the-wall
- unkonventionellUnconventionel, off-the-wall
Cite this entry
leftfield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leftfield
“leftfield.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leftfield. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leftfield,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leftfield.
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