Ignoring feelings of tiredness knocks our body clocks out of kilter.
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Kilter
/ˈkɪltə/
Synonyms for "kilter" (14 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Related words (7)
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4 entriesinstrument precisionmechanical misalignmentsensor driftsystem reliability
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5 entriesback in kilterin kilteroff kilterout of kilterreturn to kilter
Inflections
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4 total sentences available.
not in kilter
Source: wiktionary
[T]hey are either round-shouldered, knock-kneed, bow-legged, or parrot-toed; some are also badly cross-eyed. It seems as if they can see two different ways at the same time. Jack says they are lop-sided and out of kilter altogether.
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[H]e lived on tinned tomatoes, beef embalmed and sourdough bread, / On rusty beans and bacon furred with mould; / His stomach’s out of kilter and his system full of lead, / But it's over, and his poke is full of gold.
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