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off-kilter

adjective more off-kilter · most off-kilter · off kilter

  1. idiomatic Askew. On second thought, she reconsidered, looking up into Murphy's eyes; maybe he was a little off-kilter. Just off-kilter enough to want her to live up to that ridiculous term he'd given her—or else.

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@misc{off_kilter_2026,
  title = {off-kilter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/off-kilter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}