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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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of off-kilter1

First recorded in 1925–30; off ( def. ) + kilter ( def. )
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But any interruptions to his bowling - due to workload or injury - could throw India's balance off-kilter.

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With her signature asymmetrical haircut, her loud, fashionable outfits and a penchant for all things off-kilter, the Detroit-born artist made little distinction between her work and her life.

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Reaching the Madrid Open final showed he had the ability to be succeed on the surface and the fifth seed played maturely in his first three matches in Paris, before being thrown off-kilter by Bublik.

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These days, as John Mulaney settles into his talk show era on Netflix, Kind has also found new cachet as the comedian’s sidekick and announcer — a more off-kilter Ed McMahon dedicated to nudging and guffawing to the antics of Mulaney and company.

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Equally at ease with bracing, dramatic emotions and an eccentrically off-kilter sense of humor, Victor explores the stutter steps of small victories and minor setbacks that eventually lead to growth, perhaps never quite leaving a painful moment fully behind but moving forward all the same.

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