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Definition of off-kilter in English: off-kilteradverb & adjective 1Not in the usual, expected, or correct condition or state. as adjective the economy is off-kilter as adverb the songs are thrown off-kilter by Wilson's guileless lyrics Example sentencesExamples - The color balance is off-kilter something fierce, veering heavily toward the red pole of the spectrum.
- Sometimes you don't mind a talky cab driver, but I felt off-kilter and contemplative after my stroll so it was perfect.
- It's worth a read, but there is one off-kilter point.
- I'm beginning to wonder how much the vice president's activism has thrown the agency process completely off-kilter.
- I will keep my body inside the metal triangle that extends down from the wing; should I stray beyond it, my weight could throw us horribly off-kilter.
- And this is a woman who champions the fashionable mantra of work-life balance; evidently something is off-kilter.
- If the balances of Mariam seem slightly off-kilter by present-day aesthetic standards, they nonetheless reflect the genuine intellectual concerns of its author and her potential audience.
- It was only three weeks since he'd seen her and he was still feeling off-kilter, like the world had tilted backwards and he couldn't find his balance.
- The woman does seem rather emotionally off-kilter, and it may not be good for the young man to see her, but that does seem to be much more of a call for him and her rather than for the judge.
- It is an off-kilter pay scale that compensates inexperienced teachers as much as, if not more than, applicants with advanced degrees in education.
- While this yaw may cause a kayaker to feel off-kilter, a boat designed to turn less easily would be more suited to carrying freight.
- On a second or third look you notice that the colours don't quite line up with what the images are supposed to be, the colours too dark, off-kilter or perhaps just flat out wrong.
- I'm also stressed and exhausted - it's taken removing me from the city, from my pattern of life, to realise just how knackered, off-kilter and out-of-sorts I have become recently.
- 1.1as adjective Unconventional or eccentric.
Example sentencesExamples - The band has attracted national attention with its off-kilter performances and unconventional choice of instruments.
- That way, the news section will truly match the rest of the paper - off-kilter but relevant subject matter, dealt with in a professional and compulsively readable manner.
- They bring life to themes of solitude and enclosure with humour as clowns, acrobats, jugglers, dancers and off-kilter trampolinists.
- The music is very unique too, full of off-kilter, obscure instruments, giving the album an dreamy old-fashioned vibe, which works whether the songs are gentle or menacing.
- In his 1980 film, the actor is widely regarded to have given one of his most manic performances, in a career packed with off-kilter roles.
- The beauty of the band is their counterintuitive knack for balancing off-kilter musicianship with catchy hooks and chugging beats.
- A selection of the best of the ‘alternative media’, it offers a slightly off-kilter view of life in what surely must be one of the most insane superpowers.
- With their unique push of modulated, off-kilter, minimal disco funk, it's no wonder these guys are being called the most powerful pair since the Olsen Twins.
- They were soon snapped up by a slightly baffled EMI in the post-punk goldrush, but they were always going to be too politically abrasive and musically off-kilter for mainstream assimilation.
- The is one of those unusual, off-kilter ensemble films, featuring a diverse group of characters who veer off in different directions as they head down the same highway.
- And in September readers will get a chance to explore the off-kilter aspects of the other 49 states when the book Weird U.S. hits stores.
- Between the three of them, they cover most of the ground available in pop music - pop-rock melodics, ambient soundscaping and funky if off-kilter club noise.
- Kauffman scripts tend to have a sharp, off-kilter sense of humor, a probing willingness to deal with outlandish concepts, and a solid grounding in the human heart.
- The good news this week is that the Cinémathèque is screening an utterly exquisite anthology of off-kilter animated shorts from around the world.
- To balance the off-kilter timeline and the over the top story, the sets, locations, and even the methods of shooting are often copies of something done in another film.
Origin 1920s: from off + kilter. Definition of off-kilter in US English: off-kilteradjective & adverb 1Not in the usual, expected, or correct condition or state. as adjective the economy is off-kilter as adverb the songs are thrown off-kilter by Wilson's guileless lyrics Example sentencesExamples - It is an off-kilter pay scale that compensates inexperienced teachers as much as, if not more than, applicants with advanced degrees in education.
- I'm beginning to wonder how much the vice president's activism has thrown the agency process completely off-kilter.
- The color balance is off-kilter something fierce, veering heavily toward the red pole of the spectrum.
- The woman does seem rather emotionally off-kilter, and it may not be good for the young man to see her, but that does seem to be much more of a call for him and her rather than for the judge.
- On a second or third look you notice that the colours don't quite line up with what the images are supposed to be, the colours too dark, off-kilter or perhaps just flat out wrong.
- Sometimes you don't mind a talky cab driver, but I felt off-kilter and contemplative after my stroll so it was perfect.
- If the balances of Mariam seem slightly off-kilter by present-day aesthetic standards, they nonetheless reflect the genuine intellectual concerns of its author and her potential audience.
- It was only three weeks since he'd seen her and he was still feeling off-kilter, like the world had tilted backwards and he couldn't find his balance.
- And this is a woman who champions the fashionable mantra of work-life balance; evidently something is off-kilter.
- While this yaw may cause a kayaker to feel off-kilter, a boat designed to turn less easily would be more suited to carrying freight.
- I'm also stressed and exhausted - it's taken removing me from the city, from my pattern of life, to realise just how knackered, off-kilter and out-of-sorts I have become recently.
- I will keep my body inside the metal triangle that extends down from the wing; should I stray beyond it, my weight could throw us horribly off-kilter.
- It's worth a read, but there is one off-kilter point.
- 1.1as adjective Unconventional or eccentric.
Example sentencesExamples - They bring life to themes of solitude and enclosure with humour as clowns, acrobats, jugglers, dancers and off-kilter trampolinists.
- In his 1980 film, the actor is widely regarded to have given one of his most manic performances, in a career packed with off-kilter roles.
- Kauffman scripts tend to have a sharp, off-kilter sense of humor, a probing willingness to deal with outlandish concepts, and a solid grounding in the human heart.
- The band has attracted national attention with its off-kilter performances and unconventional choice of instruments.
- They were soon snapped up by a slightly baffled EMI in the post-punk goldrush, but they were always going to be too politically abrasive and musically off-kilter for mainstream assimilation.
- The is one of those unusual, off-kilter ensemble films, featuring a diverse group of characters who veer off in different directions as they head down the same highway.
- Between the three of them, they cover most of the ground available in pop music - pop-rock melodics, ambient soundscaping and funky if off-kilter club noise.
- And in September readers will get a chance to explore the off-kilter aspects of the other 49 states when the book Weird U.S. hits stores.
- The music is very unique too, full of off-kilter, obscure instruments, giving the album an dreamy old-fashioned vibe, which works whether the songs are gentle or menacing.
- The beauty of the band is their counterintuitive knack for balancing off-kilter musicianship with catchy hooks and chugging beats.
- To balance the off-kilter timeline and the over the top story, the sets, locations, and even the methods of shooting are often copies of something done in another film.
- That way, the news section will truly match the rest of the paper - off-kilter but relevant subject matter, dealt with in a professional and compulsively readable manner.
- The good news this week is that the Cinémathèque is screening an utterly exquisite anthology of off-kilter animated shorts from around the world.
- With their unique push of modulated, off-kilter, minimal disco funk, it's no wonder these guys are being called the most powerful pair since the Olsen Twins.
- A selection of the best of the ‘alternative media’, it offers a slightly off-kilter view of life in what surely must be one of the most insane superpowers.
Origin 1920s: from off + kilter. |