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off-center

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "off-center" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables
10 characters
English (US)
Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “off-center” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.
2syllables

off-center

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

off-center is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, off-center is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofoff-center

1adjective
  • (Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) (of an axis etc) displaced from the centre

    Example: "Place the decorations off-centre on the table."

  • (of a wheel etc) eccentric, unbalanced

    Example: "Every time I see him, he acts a bit off-centre."

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