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😵 Not balanced ↔️ Not in the middle 📊 Not adjusted
uncentered

uncentered

5.1
Placed away from the middle so it looks unbalanced
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈsɛntərd/
  • US
translation icon : descentrado
  • If the logo is uncentered, it can make the design appear unprofessional.

Examples

  • The painting looked uncentered on the wall, making the room feel unbalanced.

  • The painting looked uncentered on the wall.

  • She noticed the photo was slightly uncentered in the frame and adjusted it.

  • The uncentered design of the website confused users.

  • The painting hung on the wall, uncentered, making the room feel asymmetrical.

  • Her uncentered approach to decorating the living room led to a quirky but charming style.

  • He noticed that the uncentered clock on the mantelpiece disrupted the symmetry of the shelf.

Synonyms

off-center
vsuncentered
  • US
8 4.1

Not exactly in the center, slightly to one side

is any case of not placed in the middle or misaligned
off-centered
vsuncentered
  • US
5.5

Placed away from the middle so it sits a little to one side

is any case of not placed in the middle or misaligned
decentered
vsuncentered
6.5

Not placed in the middle, making it off-center

is any case of not placed in the middle or misaligned
noncentral
vsuncentered
6.3

Located away from the center of a city or area

is specifically about physical placement and alignment with the middle
centerless
vsuncentered
  • Specialized
6.8

No central point holds the metal bar, allowing the machine to grind it quickly

is a general term for not placed in the middle or misaligned
unaligned
vsuncentered
5.1

Not in agreement or not in a straight line with something else

is about being away from the middle point rather than linear mismatch

Antonyms

centered
  • US
2.8

Placed in the middle with the same space on every side

How Centered

centered
  • US
2.8
uncentered
  • US
5.1
off-center
  • US
8 4.1

Surface Forms

uncentered positive

Morphology

uncentered = centered (transparent) = un + center + ed

Simple negation formed by the productive prefix 'un-' added to the adjective 'centered', so the meaning 'not placed in the middle' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Uncentered comes from un- ('not') and center ('middle'), so imagine a picture hanging off to one side instead of the middle. That's why something uncentered looks off or unbalanced.