Definitions
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- adjective
crooked , out ofalignment ,askew - adjective figuratively
twisted ,dysfunctional
Etymologies
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Examples
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The set by Robert Israel simply and deftly sets the tone by including a sloping floor to keep people off balance along with doors and windows all akilter.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Shlemiel The First" Klezmer Musical Sings But What's With The Restraint? Michael Giltz 2011
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The result is a manic, jumbled rush of sights, the world akilter and the image never calm.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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The result is a manic, jumbled rush of sights, the world akilter and the image never calm.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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A dented pickup truck was hitched akilter with a jack.
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A dented pickup truck was hitched akilter with a jack.
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LEACH: But it is clear to all Americans that something is akilter in our great republic.
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Her legs, too, were broken and akilter, the shins bent at impossible angles.
Bloodstream Tess Gerritsen 1998
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Her legs, too, were broken and akilter, the shins bent at impossible angles.
Bloodstream Tess Gerritsen 1998
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But if we can't shake a million out of him for this one night's work there is something akilter.
The Unicorn Trade Anderson, Poul and Karen 1984
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At Tuk's graveyard, for example, white crosses stand akilter where the permafrost has heaved and sunk below.
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