[off-center] {adj.}, {informal} Different from the usual pattern; not quite like most others; odd. * /Roger's sense of humor was a bit off-center./ Compare: [OFF-KEY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

dead center

[dead center] {n.} The exact middle. * /The treasure was buried in the dead center of the island./ Often used like an adverb. * /The arrow hit the circle dead […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

off center

[off center] {adv. phr.} Not exactly in the middle. * /Mary hung the picture off center, because it was more interesting that way./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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