cockeyed

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- How, in the name of all that is rational, can anyone continue to give Melanie Philips a public platform for her cockeyed views?

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  1. adjective Informal Foolish; ridiculous; absurd: a cockeyed idea.
  2. adjective Informal Askew; crooked.
  3. adjective Informal Intoxicated; drunk.

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  • Corde leaned on a cockeyed, termite-chewed fence post, squinting against the sunset light. —  The Lesson of Her Death
  • Four hours later he found himself more than a little cockeyed, drinking a glass of cognac and smoking a big fat Dominican cigar with two big Hollywood producers. —  ActOfTreason
  • Then I took in the mess: piles of papers over every surface, old fax and copy machines, cockeyed, dusty photos on the wall of Stark posing with dead animals. —  4th ofJuly - Patterson
  • The story he would have to tell is pretty cockeyed--and what would it get him? —  158 - Five Fathoms Dead
  • "Yes, I found out later, after they took me from my hotel room violently, that they had Doc swung on Disappointed Smith and said, "So the next thing they did was hire you to put on your idiotic swimming act, thinking that was just the kind of cockeyed thing that would distract my attention from them Disappointed Smith groaned audibly. —  153 - Trouble On Parade
 

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/ˈkɑkaɪd/
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