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off-kilter

[awf-kil-ter, of]

adjective

  1. not exactly straight or balanced; askew; uneven.

    off-kilter paintings on every wall.

  2. not completely well; somewhat ill.

    still off-kilter two weeks after the flu.

  3. unusual or eccentric; unconventional.

    short stories with off-kilter endings.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of off-kilter1

First recorded in 1925–30; off ( def. ) + kilter ( def. )

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