out of kilter

*out of kilter and *off-kilter

1. Lit. out of balance; crooked or tilted. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; knock something ~.) John, your tie is sort of off-kilter. Let me fix it. Please straighten the picture on the wall. It's out of kilter.

2. Fig. malfunctioning; on the fritz. (*Typically: be ~; go ~.) My furnace is out of kilter. I have to call someone to fix it. This computer is out of kilter. It doesn't let me log on.

See also: out

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They are so far out of kilter with what ordinary workers can look forward to that they are shameful. Shameful pensions by The Journal (Newcastle, England) The Gaia hypothesis, named for the ancient Greek goddess of Earth, even put forth the idea that our planet behaves as a kind of giant organism, with its complex systems finely tuned to compensate when one system gets out of kilter. Earth might be ultimately inhospitable to life by Asian News International Even within a single authority like Liverpool, school holidays can be out of kilter with each other, once again piling the pressure on long-suffering parents. Letter: Massive savings by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)	out like a light out loud out of a clear blue sky out of action out of bounds out of breath out of character out of circulation out of commission out of consideration out of context out of control out of courtesy out of debt out of depth out of earshot out of element out of favor out of focus out of gas out of hand out of hands out of harm's way out of hock out of keeping out of kilter out of league out of left field out of line out of luck out of mind out of necessity out of nowhere out of order out of patience out of place out of practice out of print out of proportion out of reach out of season out of service out of shape out of sight out of sight, out of mind out of skull out of sorts out of spite out of step out of stock out of style	Out of Hospital Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Out of Hospital Emergency Medical Services Out of Hours Out of Hours Learning Out of Hours School Care out of humor out of humor out of humor out of humor out of humor Out of Idle Curiosity Out of Interest Out of Iraq Bloggers Caucus out of it out of it out of joint out of joint out of joint out of joint out of joint out of joint Out of Jurisdiction out of keeping out of keeping out of keeping out of key out of key out of key out of key out of kilter Out of Kingdom out of league out of left field Out of Life Out of Limits Out of Limits out of line out of line out of line out of line out of line out of line out of line out of line Out of Line Music Out of Line Music Out of Lock out of luck out of luck out of luck out of luck out of luck Out Of Mana Out of Material Out of memory Out of memory Out of Memory Error Out of Mind Out of Mind Out of Mind

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They are so far out of kilter with what ordinary workers can look forward to that they are shameful.

Shameful pensions by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

The Gaia hypothesis, named for the ancient Greek goddess of Earth, even put forth the idea that our planet behaves as a kind of giant organism, with its complex systems finely tuned to compensate when one system gets out of kilter.

Earth might be ultimately inhospitable to life by Asian News International

Even within a single authority like Liverpool, school holidays can be out of kilter with each other, once again piling the pressure on long-suffering parents.

Letter: Massive savings by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

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