off-centre

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Adjective

off-centre (comparative more off-centre, superlative most off-centre) (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand)

  1. Displaced from the centre.
    Synonym: askew
    Place the decorations off-centre on the table.
  2. (idiomatic) 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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