off-center
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4.1
- adjective
- /ˌɔfˈsɛntər/
- US
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descentrado
- David's smile seemed a little off-center, his eyes not quite vacant but as if carelessly focused.
- an off-center position
If it's slightly off center, it splits into two parts, right?
- If it's slightly off center, it splits into two parts, right?
- Yeah, where you hit the off center, you rutting the head ring more.
- But yeah, if you're going to point that out, yes, it's kind of off center slightly, but it's still middle.
Examples
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For instance, all the doors are hung slightly off-center.
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Everything seemed slightly off-center, as if he were peering through glasses that were out of focus.
Fiction book (1996) -
A little off centre, remaining on the side.
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I like the off center nature of the frame.
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If it's slightly off center, it splits into two parts, right?
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Notice how the Cross and the doors... and the clock are all off-center.
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The neckline is an off-center V, which is quite becoming.
Fiction book (2000) -
My living room/dining room is one big room, with an off-center red brick fireplace in the living room.
Blog text (25) -
The dome is off-center in the vista of the Via della Conciliazione.
Academic text (2006) -
The painting looks more interesting when the subject is off-center in the frame.
Synonyms
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Not straight or level and a little strange
Placed away from the middle so it sits a little to one side
Placed away from the middle so it looks unbalanced
Located away from the center of a city or area
Antonyms
How Centered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Off-center is made of off ('away') and center ('middle'). So something off-center is moved 'away' from the middle, a little to one side.