All out of kilter synonyms
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O o adj out of kilter
- beat-up — Informal. dilapidated; in poor condition from use: a beat-up old jalopy.
- flawed — characterized by flaws; having imperfections: a flawed gem; a seriously flawed piece of work.
- malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- glitched — a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
- broken — Broken is the past participle of break.
- inoperable — not operable or practicable.
- kerflooey — Informal. to cease functioning, especially suddenly and completely; fall apart; fail: As soon as the storm hit, every light in town went kerflooey.
- damaged — injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: The storm did considerable damage to the crops.
- flubbed — a blunder.
adverb out of kilter
- down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- decommissioned — to remove or retire (a ship, airplane, etc.) from active service.
- kaput — ruined; done for; demolished.
- faulty — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- askew — Something that is askew is not straight or not level with what it should be level with.
adjective out of kilter
- cockeyed — If you say that an idea or scheme is cockeyed, you mean that you think it is very unlikely to succeed.
- awry — If something goes awry, it does not happen in the way it was planned.
- dinged — to cause surface damage to; dent: Flying gravel had dinged the car's fenders.
- wracked — Also called cloud rack. a group of drifting clouds.