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Definition of off-center in English:
off-center
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adjective
1Situated not quite in the center of something.
‘the main axes of the quadrangle are off-center’- ‘Mr. Butler liked everything quite off-centre and most ballet companies have to be on-centre for their particular kind of work.’
- ‘Lombardy's centres of viticulture are off-centre geographically - in the far north, in the far south, and in the far east - all well off the region's main axis of communication.’
- ‘For instance, the Earth is not exactly at the centre of the deferent, but is a little off-centre.’
- ‘Naturally, there is a fairly large screen, plus Canon's nine-point auto-focusing system, which rarely misses an off-centre subject.’
- ‘An extra arm placed off-centre wouldn't do, you see, but Medusa-style hair of snakes would be fine (so long as it was balanced by a single of similar scale - say, a large beard).’
- ‘There is something so beautiful about it, the treatment of paint depicting the velvety skin, the delicious red/orange tones, and the placement - off-centre.’
- ‘In the picture of a lustre bowl with green peas, the main items are off-centre, giving a diagonal thrust to the composition.’
- ‘The composition of the figures is placed off-centre and the zigzagging lines of the cafe tables convey their situation in space.’
- ‘Its orientation, however, was curious, running diagonally across the ditch extension towards a position off-centre of the mound.’
- ‘There's a slightly off-centre 4in screen alongside a four-way navigation control with a separate button in the middle.’
- ‘In the second shot, Mthethwa moves his human subject off-centre.’
- ‘Many had off-centre bores, which affected not only accuracy but also greatly weakened their breech ends, rendering them liable to burst.’
- ‘A later invention, the unicycle with an off-centre hub, would bring people out into the corridors to watch him as he rode it, bobbing up and down like a duck.’
- ‘Final position of the tummy button may be off-centre.’
- ‘One off-centre bay window extends upwards, bringing views of the sky in addition to the broad sweep of the hills.’
- ‘People opt for one fairly lush plant and place it off-centre on their mantel, rather than filling a whole shelf with plants.’
- ‘In the Skara Brae object, you can see how cunningly the top and base ridges are off-centre, allowing it initially to be held vertically.’
- ‘This effect was also, as the experts agreed, exaggerated by the fact that the sensors of the Stal system were set off-centre in some of the holds.’
- ‘With modern auto-focus cameras the most obvious focussing problem is where the subject is off-centre.’
- ‘He posed the dancers in strange positions and put them off-center or cut off from the frame.’
- 1.1Strange or eccentric.‘people say she's off-center’
- ‘And it features plenty of the homespun surrealism, off-centre philosophy and goofy non-sequiturs that have given Young's work much of its character.’
- ‘The three security guards were quite at home in this off-centre environment and took most of the surreal happenings in their stride.’
- ‘Frontman Jesse Dryfhout pens off-centre lyrics, singing them with the power of a motorboat or as gently as wind in a sail.’
- ‘In contrast to this, they attempt to supplement work on the central institutions of China by presenting an off-centre view.’
- ‘So it's still got that slightly off-centre feel to it, but I think it's certainly lost that political edge that it had in the early days.’
- ‘It is certainly a good idea to take the opportunity at this time of year to understand the body mind connection between the consumption of these foods and feeling off-centre and out of balance.’
- ‘He represents that rare breed of filmmaker whose love of underground, off-centre cinema has allowed him to transcend the barriers between making films and film appreciation.’
- ‘It's hard to describe the delightfully off-centre tone of her work; the film's sense of humour is a rarefied one, and it takes a matter-of-fact approach to some bizarre situations.’
- ‘And I hear Kiron Sounds is backing somewhat off-centre but worthy projects.’
- ‘The dry, sharp wit of Enid's constant observations are matched by the deadpan outlandishness of the parade of off-centre characters she comes into contact with.’
- ‘It's a Channel Four show and was meant to be a little bit left brain, off-centre, cultish.’
- ‘Rhodes has spoken of how her work has its parallels in her own history of being culturally off-centre.’
- ‘I may have to spend some time wandering aimlessly around looking zombified and off-centre.’
- ‘Saxophonist Lovano in particular takes it as an opportunity for some startlingly off-centre improvising.’
- ‘The sibling directors have an off-centre view of the world and people either love their films or wonder what on earth they're watching.’
- ‘The then modestly known band provided off-centre beats that took some getting used to, but proved a winning formula.’
- ‘In spite of all this, having the chance to watch a fine ensemble cast play such an array of off-centre characters is worth the price of admission alone.’
- ‘Hearing the group live at the Rex in Toronto a couple of summers ago, I was struck by the off-centre nature of their writing.’
- ‘It begins from this characteristically off-centre question, inspired, supposedly, by the currency of the phenomenon.’
- ‘This pair of fast-paced, off-centre sketches masterminded by Reeves and Mortimer features a cast of comedy stars.’
zany, madcap, offbeat, quirky, outlandish, eccentric, idiosyncratic, surreal, ridiculous, nonsensical, crazy, absurd, insane, far out, fantastic, bizarre, peculiar, weird, odd, strange, cranky, freakish
adverb
Not quite in the center of something.
- ‘if the ball's struck off-center, it will wobble’
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