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Akilter

adj

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Adjective
  1. 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. 2
    twisted, dysfunctional figuratively

    "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."

Etymology

From a- + kilter?

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