off-centre

comparative more off-centre · superlative most off-centre

1. AustralianCanadaIrishNew ZealandSouth AfricanUKDisplaced from the centre.

   Place the decorations off-centre on the table.

   Synonyms: askew

2. AustralianCanadaIrishNew ZealandSouth AfricanUKidiomaticEccentric, unbalanced, slightly wrong.

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

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   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.

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