off-kilter

[ awf-kil-ter, of‐ ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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

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Released on Friday, it's packed full of off-kilter lyrics and squiggly synth lines that burrow into your brain.

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A balance just suggests that you haven’t fallen so off-kilter that you’re in some sort of mental facility.

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That off-kilter ethos is encapsulated in the opening-night lineup at the festival’s centerpiece venue, Austin’s Paramount Theatre.

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It’s a look that’s postmodern and off-kilter in a distinctly subtle way.

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Calling something Lynchian means recognizing what we’re seeing is off-kilter and that it doesn’t entirely compute.

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