: proper or usual state or condition : order
out of kilter
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since I dropped my food processor, it's been all out of kilter
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The guitar, played by Finlay Clark, is woozy and the drums, played by David Kennedy, are off kilter and confused.
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Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
While delivered with a smile, the question was deadly serious in a congressional district with such an even partisan split that anything could happen to knock the future incumbent off kilter two years from now, as just happened to Democratic first-term Rep. Yadira Caraveo.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
Read the full Capricorn Daily Horoscope Aquarius (January 20 - February 18)
Are old beliefs throwing you off kilter?
—USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
His absence threw the Charges’ pass-rush out of kilter, with Tuli Tuipulotu taking over for him opposite Khalil Mack and Bud Dupree adding depth beyond those two.
—Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 22 Sep. 2024
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Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
While delivered with a smile, the question was deadly serious in a congressional district with such an even partisan split that anything could happen to knock the future incumbent off kilter two years from now, as just happened to Democratic first-term Rep. Yadira Caraveo.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
Read the full Capricorn Daily Horoscope Aquarius (January 20 - February 18)
Are old beliefs throwing you off kilter?
—USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
His absence threw the Charges’ pass-rush out of kilter, with Tuli Tuipulotu taking over for him opposite Khalil Mack and Bud Dupree adding depth beyond those two.
—Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 22 Sep. 2024
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“Kilter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilter. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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kilter
noun
kil·ter
ˈkil-tər 
: proper condition
the TV is out of kilter
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