Antonyms for dead-center


Grammar : Adj


Definition of dead-center

Origin :
  • 1590s, "to concentrate at a center," from center (n.). Related: Centered; centering. Meaning "to rest as at a center" is from 1620s. Sports sense of "to hit toward the center" is from 1890. To be centered on is from 1713. In combinations, -centered is attested by 1958.
  • As in dead-on : adj exactly correct

Synonyms for dead-center

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