off-center
Not quite middle
Off-center describes something not positioned at the center point, shifted to one side: The painting hung slightly off-center.
The term extends to people or ideas that deviate from the mainstream or conventional—quirky, unconventional, or slightly strange: His off-center sense of humor took some getting used to.
Also spelled off-centre (British) or offcenter.
Unequally balanced
- unevenNot smooth or balanced
- unbalancedLacking equilibrium or stability
- askewTilted from true
- awryCrooked or wrong
crooked · skewed · tilted · misaligned · canted · slanted · cockeyed · listing
Idiosyncratically unusual
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
- unorthodoxContrary to accepted practice
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- idiosyncraticDistinctively individual in nature
unusual · oddball · peculiar · bohemian · avant-garde · alternative · experimental · left-field
Causing mild shock
- unforeseenNot predicted or expected
- unanticipatedNot predicted beforehand
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- startlingCausing sudden surprise
jarring · disconcerting · disorienting · unsettling · destabilizing · thrown · blindsided · curveball
lopsided
Unequally balanced
- unevenNot smooth or balanced
- unbalancedLacking equilibrium or stability
- askewTilted from true
awry · crooked · skewed · tilted · misaligned · canted · slanted · cockeyed · listing · leaning
quirky
Idiosyncratically unusual
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
- unorthodoxContrary to accepted practice
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
idiosyncratic · unusual · oddball · peculiar · bohemian · avant-garde · alternative · experimental · left-field · fringe
surprising
Causing mild shock
- unforeseenNot predicted or expected
- unanticipatedNot predicted beforehand
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
startling · jarring · disconcerting · disorienting · unsettling · destabilizing · thrown · blindsided · curveball · twist
- compositionbalance, symmetry, asymmetry, proportion, layout
- crookedcrooked, askew, awry, lopsided, skewed
- imbalanceimbalance, disequilibrium, disproportion, asymmetry, lopsidedness
- stabilitystable, steady, firmness, unstable, equilibrium
- leaningtilt, slant, angle, list, cant
- framing techniquesrule of thirds, leading lines, negative space, focal point, cropping
off-centercentered
Placed at midpoint
central · concentric · dead center · aligned · homocentric
off-centerconventional
Following accepted practices
mainstream · normal · orthodox · traditional · conformist
off-centersymmetrical
Even on all sides
balanced · even · proportional · uniform · regular
off, center, central, eccentric, centre, centers, centralize, centres, centralized