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as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
he's nice enough, but there's something a little off-kilter about him
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as in uneven
inclined or twisted to one side
to me, the painting on the wall looks a little off-kilter
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Recent Examples of off-kilter
Death of a Unicorn was executive-produced by Ari Aster, who’s ramped up his production game and has been involved in a slew of off-kilter projects, from Kristoffer Borgli’s Dream Scenario to Yorgos Lanthimos’s upcoming Save the Green Planet!
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
The director toys with jump scares and mirrors, rearranges our sense of time and experiments with off-kilter camera angles (Frank G. DeMarco is the DP) to build a sense of dread.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
What often gets lost in the commotion is the fact that SXSW is also a robust hub for small, off-kilter indies that struggle to stand out when Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt are staging a mini-parade at a headline-making premiere.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
While much of the show was scripted, Lowe was also allowed to ad-lib, which further helped solidify the show’s off-kilter, edgy sense of humor.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
The director toys with jump scares and mirrors, rearranges our sense of time and experiments with off-kilter camera angles (Frank G. DeMarco is the DP) to build a sense of dread.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
What often gets lost in the commotion is the fact that SXSW is also a robust hub for small, off-kilter indies that struggle to stand out when Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt are staging a mini-parade at a headline-making premiere.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
While much of the show was scripted, Lowe was also allowed to ad-lib, which further helped solidify the show’s off-kilter, edgy sense of humor.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-kilter
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The bizarre purchase was revealed last year by the former Lakers player, and the topic was recently brought up during the season 6 finale of The Kardashians.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Weezer has not canceled its plans to perform at Coachella this Saturday (April 12) after the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner sustained non-life-threatening injuries during a bizarre run-in with Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers that ended in a dramatic shootout.—
Dave Brooks,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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The airflow also seemed uneven, requiring trays to be rotated during the dehydrating process.—
Jordan Liberty Phillips,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Apr. 2025
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After running out of steam with the uneven 1992 sister albums Lucky Town and Human Touch, Springsteen spent most of the decade raising his kids and tentatively circling a reunion with the E Street Band while searching for new directions.—
Ryan Leas,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025
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Based on the wildly popular video game, the fantasy comedy film (now in theaters) is a deeply strange fever dream that also gets a few genuine laughs.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Republicans should also get over their strange allergy to cutting the capital gains tax.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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There’s a weird, unexplained detail where the doctors sometimes wear white lab coats over their scrubs, then take them off to do procedures, and then put them back on.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Mush balls are a weird weather phenomenon on Jupiter that astronomers first pieced together (also from Juno data) a few years ago.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Trailing by three runs, the Twins produced four two-out, run-scoring hits and their first crooked number of the season.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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However, they’re disbanded in the early moments of this third film as Eisenberg’s character tells a new generation of crooked magicians that his former comrades are dead.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2025
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Everyone was so nervous to tell Mike what our number was, which was so funny.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
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Welcome to My Blue Sky is twice as great — totally brash, always loud, always effusive, and usually funny even when their lives are falling apart, which is constantly.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
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But Jeff McNeil’s oblique injury and Nick Madrigal’s shoulder surgery opened up two infield spots.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Utility man Romy Gonzalez, who suffered a minor oblique injury last week, is also expected to be ready by Opening Day.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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Cannes has been known to pull off the odd spectacular stunt too.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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The goal gave England life for a brief time but was ultimately not enough to help her country, with England going on to lose by the odd goal in five.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Off-kilter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-kilter. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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