1. not located at, situated in, or forming the center; peripheral or off-center
Usage: commonly used in technical, scientific, and geographical contexts
2. not of primary importance; secondary or marginal
Usage: used in academic and professional discourse

Examples

• The noncentral regions of the country have fewer resources than the capital.
• In statistics, noncentral distributions are used to model certain hypothesis tests.
• The committee decided that this issue was noncentral to their main objectives.
• Noncentral locations in the city tend to have lower property values.
• The researcher focused on the central findings and relegated noncentral data to the appendix.
• Noncentral characters in the novel provide context but do not drive the plot.