Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

off-centre

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.91 in modern English

Syllables: of-f--cen-tre
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Displaced from the centre.

Canadian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage

adj

Eccentric, unbalanced, slightly wrong.

Canadian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage

Example Sentences

"Place the decorations off-centre on the table."
"Every time I see him, he acts a bit off-centre."
"While Lahr's book was meticulously researched, the author had such deeply ambivalent feelings about Orton's relationship with Halliwwell (and probably with all gay relationships) that the book felt off-center."

Usage

Inflected Forms

more off-centre (comparative) most off-centre (superlative)

Synonyms

askew

Rhymes With

center off-center centre enter re-enter valley center mentor correction center correction centre presenter inventor entre

Questions

What does off-centre mean?: Displaced from the centre.

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