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out of kilter

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out of kilter

(idiomatic) Askew, disturbed; not adjusted or working properly; out of order.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:out of order
I stayed up late to watch a movie, and my entire sleeping schedule has been out of kilter ever since.

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Well, children, when there is so much racket there be must something out of kilter. I think that 'twixt the Negroes of the South and the women of the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what's all this here talking about? Sojourner Truth

The signs that the world is spinning out of kilter are increasingly difficult to misinterpret. The question is how to convince enough people to join a critical mass of urgent opinion, in the U.S. and the rest of the world. Al Gore

This is a group effort. This is group theatre. This is no big star turn. You could do things with it to do that but it would just be out of kilter. This is one reason I like this play. This is a unit. Gavin MacLeod

Either way they are unarmed and dealing with a person who is out of kilter and has deadly force. Source: Internet

Ireland’s alcohol excise duty, they argue, is 150% higher than 24 of the other 27 EU member states and our high excise tax is “anti-competitive”, “punitive” and “completely out of kilter with our European peers”. Source: Internet

RORY McILROY'S swing might be out of kilter but the World No 1 is achieving remarkable results on behalf of the Irish Open. Source: Internet

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