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synonyms for off-center

  • askew
  • adrift
  • astray
  • far-off
  • inaccurate
  • off the mark
  • off-course
  • off-target
  • stray
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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to off-center, such as: askew, adrift, astray, far-off, inaccurate, and off-course.
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How to use off-center in a sentence

She produced a wool hat from her pocket and pulled it over her hair, letting it form a jaunty, off-center peak.
LITTLE BROTHERCORY DOCTOROW
His formal education was close to zero, his informal and off-center schooling vast.
STORM OVER WARLOCKANDRE NORTON
High mica, loose brush spring, or a commutator which has been turned down off-center may cause the trouble.
THE AUTOMOBILE STORAGE BATTERYO. A. WITTE
There was a thick-muscled, no-fat look to Orne, but something about his blocky, off-center features suggested a clown.
MISSING LINKFRANK PATRICK HERBERT
Duchess and I were a little off-center, closer to the door, I guess.
ALL THAT GOES UPKIRBY BROOKS
The tenant house is a brick two-story structure with a ridge roof, a slightly off-center interior chimney and a three bay front.
HUNTLEYTONY P. WRENN
The pocket is off-center and the air rushes into it as the machine topples over and plunges down.
OPPORTUNITIES IN AVIATIONARTHUR SWEETSER
The stock is then placed in the lathe, using two corresponding off-center points as centers.
A COURSE IN WOOD TURNINGARCHIE S. MILTON AND OTTO K. WOHLERS
The stock is then changed to the other off-center points and the second side is cut down to the line.
A COURSE IN WOOD TURNINGARCHIE S. MILTON AND OTTO K. WOHLERS
Like IA, except that the upper surface rises to a peak or ridge somewhat off-center.
THE TOPANGA CULTURE FINAL REPORT ON EXCAVATIONS, 1948A. E. TREGANZA
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO OFF-CENTER

  • askance
  • askant
  • aslant
  • awry
  • bent
  • buckled
  • catawampus
  • cockeyed
  • crookedly
  • curved
  • knotted
  • lopsided
  • oblique
  • obliquely
  • off-center
  • slanted
  • slanting
  • to one side
  • topsy-turvey
  • turned
  • twisted
  • yaw ways
  • zigzag
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.