off (BELOW USUAL LEVEL), guest of honour

Exhibitor numbers plummet at high-tech's biggest fair
The world's largest high-tech trade fair, CeBIT, has opened in the German city of Hannover where some 4,300 firms from 69 countries are displaying the latest gadgets in communications technology. The number of exhibitors is off by more than 25 percent this year due to the global economic slump. The key topics at this fair are “green” technology and innovations on the internet. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the fair's guest of honour, opened the event early Monday. The fair runs through March 8th.

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off (BELOW USUAL LEVEL) Hide phonetics
adverb, adjective
below the usual standard or rate:
She used to have a lovely voice but I think it's gone off recently (= is not as good as it was).
I'm having an off day today - I just can't seem to do anything right!