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akilter

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akilter

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From a- + kilter?

adjective more akilter · most akilter

  1. crooked, out of alignment, askew All of their gardens had been crushed by winter storms and their corn patches were defeated and all akilter.
  2. figuratively twisted, dysfunctional He knew something was wrong by the smell of the house and the sounds and colours of uneasy light that told him the mood of things was all akilter.

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"akilter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/akilter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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akilter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/akilter

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"akilter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/akilter.

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@misc{akilter_2026,
  title = {akilter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/akilter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}