Definitions

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  • adjective situated away from the center or axis

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Examples

  • Having edited graphics, text, and music a lot over the years, just a few seconds of looking at his nonsensical messages in small, off-centered type with weird electronic music convinced me, professionally speaking, that this guy was complete crazy pants.

    John Wellington Ennis: It's Not Sarah Palin's Fault John Wellington Ennis 2011

  • This may mean off-centered or less-than-prominent altars, the lack of a clearly defined sanctuary and nave, lack of colour and sacred imagery, general asymmetry and so on.

    A Consideration of Two Very Different Directions in "Contemporary" Church Architecture 2009

  • The belt had come unknotted and now trailed her like an off-centered tail.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • That and an off-centered tail cause them to bounce around in a bizarre, chaotic manner.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • The belt had come unknotted and now trailed her like an off-centered tail.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Singing with an odd, off-centered authority when you think about it now — commanding girls to Get up!

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • The belt had come unknotted and now trailed her like an off-centered tail.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • The belt had come unknotted and now trailed her like an off-centered tail.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Singing with an odd, off-centered authority when you think about it now — commanding girls to Get up!

    The Curious Case Of Michael Joseph Jackson 2009

  • Add an inside wall with an arch cut off-centered opposite the entrance/exit to force the cats to slowly exit, wiping any residual litter stuck to their feet off on the plastic grid.

    Hidden Entryway Cat Litter Box | Lifehacker Australia 2009

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