off-kilter
[awf-kil-ter, of‐]
- not exactly straight or balanced; askew; uneven: off-kilter paintings on every wall.
- not completely well; somewhat ill: still off-kilter two weeks after the flu.
- unusual or eccentric; unconventional: short stories with off-kilter endings.
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Origin of off-kilter
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Does it give you any anxiety to be so convincing at playing a character so off-kilter?
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After all, just about any off-kilter statement can be taken seriously if it comes from a member of Congress.
One nice, anti-surreal detail from Sala: Thanks to skewed gears in its innards, his off-kilter clock tells perfect time.
It's meant to feel rough and off-kilter, because he's starting over, abandoning form.
The first indication that Alby was secretly gay, it was a small scene that cemented the show's off-kilter streak.