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kilter
[ kil-ter ]
kilter
/ ˈɪə /
noun
- working order or alignment (esp in the phrases off kilter, out of kilter )
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of kilter1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of kilter1
Idioms and Phrases
see out of kilter .Example Sentences
Sometimes the bills being issued are not only late, but also out of kilter with the amount of energy the customer believes they used.
“The world is out of kilter,” she later tells us.
There were, however, occasional moments of good fortune during a knock which was completely out of kilter with the way most of Australia's players have approached this match.
"I had explained the situation to him... and then he asked a very off kilter question about sex, which kind of threw me a little bit," she said.
“We build a statistical profile around what good normal looks like. We can see, based on the data the bank has, if something is normal behaviour, or anomalistic and out of kilter.”
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