"off-centre" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more off-centre [comparative], most off-centre [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-adj}} off-centre (comparative more off-centre, superlative most off-centre)
  1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) displaced from the centre Tags: Australian, Canada, Irish, New-Zealand, South-African, UK
    Sense id: en-off-centre-en-adj-O-ITtRDh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30
  2. eccentric, unbalanced, slightly wrong
    Sense id: en-off-centre-en-adj-kIITgn~U

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for off-centre meaning in English (1.6kB)

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