Adjective
(British spelling, Canadian spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) (of an axis etc) displaced from the centre
Place the decorations off-centre on the table.
(of a wheel etc) eccentric, unbalanced
Every time I see him, he acts a bit off-centre.
Circular slide rules are mechanically more rugged and smoother-moving, but their scale alignment precision is sensitive to the centering of a central pivot; a minute 0.1 mm off-centre of the pivot can result in a 0.2mm worst case alignment error. Source: Internet
Otherwise, the piercing must be done off-centre so that the surrounding skin is able to reposition itself. Source: Internet
In turntable-equipped ovens, more even heating will take place by placing food off-centre on the turntable tray instead of exactly in the centre. Source: Internet
The quarter was restored in the 1950s, when the Roman authorities found that they already had the seed of an off-centre business district of the type that other capitals were still planning ( London Docklands and La Défense in Paris). Source: Internet