off-center

or off-cen·tered

[ awf-sen-ter, of- ]

adjective

1. not centered; diverging from the exact center.
2. unconventional; eccentric:

   off-center characters who disrupt other people's lives.

Word History and Origins

Origin of off-center¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Scientists have the first direct evidence that the powerful magnetic fields created in off-center collisions of atomic nuclei induce an electric current in "deconfined" nuclear matter.

From Science Daily

No Proscenium’s Nelson says the Ministry of Peculiarities doesn’t upend escape room conventions so much as set them off-center.

From Los Angeles Times

In the inevitable gray, when the sun is a distant memory, Seattleites have “the slightly off-center sense of humor to laugh year-round in the rain,” Sarah Dean said.

From Seattle Times

He would always throw me the genre stuff, or something that was a bit more off-center.

From Los Angeles Times

But something that has been a glimmer of light for me has been seeing how strange films or films that are a little off-center are rising to the surface in interesting ways.

From Los Angeles Times

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