off-centre

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Adjective

off-centre (comparative more off-centre, superlative most off-centre)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) displaced from the centre

   Place the decorations off-centre on the table.

2. eccentric, unbalanced, slightly wrong

   Every time I see him, he acts a bit off-centre.

   • 1987 May 9, Michael Bronski, “Prick Up Your Marriage”, in Gay Community News, page 6:

     While Lahr's book was meticulously researched, the author had such deeply ambivalent feelings about Orton's relationship with Halliwwell (and probably with all gay relationships) that the book felt off-center.

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• off-center