off-kilter
adjective
off-kil·ter
ˈȯf-ˈkil-tər 
1
: not in perfect balance : a bit askew
off-kilter camera angles
His hat was slightly off-kilter.
2
: eccentric, unconventional
off-kilter characters
an off-kilter approach
Examples of off-kilter in a Sentence
he's nice enough, but there's something a little off-kilter about him
to me, the painting on the wall looks a little off-kilter
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Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
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Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
With Friendship being a more of an off-kilter comedy, what would the blooper reel look like?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
Honey Don’t! lays out a world that is consistently off-kilter, but doesn’t really commit to it beyond a surface level.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 May 2025
The reason why likely has to do with certain processes in the body that can both increase your weight and toss your hormones off-kilter, and how GLP-1s can affect them.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for off-kilter
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“Off-kilter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-kilter. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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