off-centre

off-centre
(in AM, use off-center)
1) ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ If something is off-centre, it is not exactly in the middle of a space or surface.

The pedals seem a bit off-centre and the clutch is rather stiff...

If the blocks are placed off-centre, they will fall down.

2) ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ If you describe someone or something as off-centre, you mean that they are less conventional than other people or things.

Davies's writing is far too off-centre to be commercial.

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