1
: not exactly in the center of something
The mirror over the sink is a little bit off-center.
2
: different or unusual
He has an off-center sense of humor.
: not exactly in the center of something
He hung the picture off-center.
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ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025
There’s the Fidelity ring, which features an off-center princess-cut stone; the Cherish design featuring blue sapphires set point upward on yellow gold, and Mending, which figures stitches in yellow gold keeping white gold bands together.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 13 Mar. 2025
Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
The game's first boss seems explicitly designed as a sort of tutorial for this combination aiming, with off-center weak points that almost require quick flicks of the mouse-controlling wrist while jumping and dodging using the accessible buttons on the thumb side.
—ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025
There’s the Fidelity ring, which features an off-center princess-cut stone; the Cherish design featuring blue sapphires set point upward on yellow gold, and Mending, which figures stitches in yellow gold keeping white gold bands together.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 13 Mar. 2025
Adverb
The screw holes that connected the poles were a bit off-center, so a drill was needed to expand them for the screws to fit.
—Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2023
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“Off-center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-center. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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