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- adjective
displaced from thecentre - adjective
eccentric ,unbalanced
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Examples
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This jolly little off-centre restaurant is one of Plymouth's finest, thanks to its wine-loving owner, Stephen Barrett – who not only dedicates most of his menu to West Country produce but also has an attentive front-of-house style that shows how much he loves his job.
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The window is off-centre, which Jones would surely never have allowed.
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From the not-quite-punkish early tracks through to warped Nick Drake-style strings and the almost Motownish rattle of The Devil, there is a certain off-centre quality.
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I have long been a fan of Half Man Half Biscuit's intelligent off-centre lyrics and steadfast refusal to play the music industry game, I am less a fan of Dr Rowan William's often ridiculous pronouncements.
Archive 2008-10-01 Not a sheep 2008
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By prodding an opposing shield off-centre, you can turn it, creating an opening for one of your neighbours to thrust through.
The Spear « Isegoria 2008
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You know the sort of drawing I mean: "A house, with a door, windows 1, 2, 3, 4" – perfectly symmetrical apart from an off-centre chimney on the pitched roof.
£140m for a flat? Perhaps the buyer would like to see my Kilburn des res 2010
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Draped in the colours of memories that will not fade, the film keeps a slightly off-centre focus on echoes of the past, and concentrates on recording, with genuine simplicity, the mundane events of a family reunion.
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I decided that 2.5 wasn't really a wide enough border to do anything much with, so I have set the centre block off-centre.
Spring Fling katelnorth 2008
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Draped in the colours of memories that will not fade, the film keeps a slightly off-centre focus on echoes of the past, and concentrates on recording, with genuine simplicity, the mundane events of a family reunion.
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He carried the painting into the window, moved the Chinese vase a little off-centre, and sent her to find a length of yellow damask to drape an easel.
Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010
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