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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
But not even Jackson and his usual otherworldliness could rescue Baltimore, in part because of the Steelers defense keeping him off-kilter, but also because of errors by those around him.
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Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 17 Nov. 2024
That’s one of the questions that animates this off-kilter, unsettling series executive-produced by M. Night Shyamalan, who directs several episodes, as does his daughter, filmmaker Ishana Night Shyamalan.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
By then, after so many years staring at a sideways world, everything had started to appear off-kilter.
—Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
The audience gets a re-introduction to the afterlife when a French graffiti artist (Sami Slimane) working for Delia accidentally falls down a New York City manhole and ends up in the tiled, off-kilter hallway from the first movie.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 17 Nov. 2024
That’s one of the questions that animates this off-kilter, unsettling series executive-produced by M. Night Shyamalan, who directs several episodes, as does his daughter, filmmaker Ishana Night Shyamalan.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
By then, after so many years staring at a sideways world, everything had started to appear off-kilter.
—Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
The audience gets a re-introduction to the afterlife when a French graffiti artist (Sami Slimane) working for Delia accidentally falls down a New York City manhole and ends up in the tiled, off-kilter hallway from the first movie.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-kilter
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Her material consists of tales of her bizarre upbringing, highly unconventional family, and filterless confessions of her time on this filthy planet.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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Red One seemed like a bizarre experiment, some sort of action film-adjacent Santa Claus movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans that almost seemed to be a sort of parody of itself.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Blazy succeeds Virginie Viard, who exited Chanel last June after an uneven five-year tenure.WWD, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
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Increasingly popular renewable energy sources like wind and solar often produce uneven power supplies, creating peaks and valleys.Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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When Sandy goes missing, the line between reality and game blurs and Conor must venture into the strange world of OBEX to bring her home.Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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At the time, federal law gave the Bureau a strange grab bag of investigative duties, ranging from interstate prostitution to antitrust violations.Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are returning after 22 years to make 28 Years Later, though the original film, 28 Days Later, has remained one of cinema’s weirdest modern days stories.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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That was such a weird sensation—to just have paper towels stuffed deep in your skin.Julia Ries, SELF, 11 Dec. 2024
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The pardon was a political bombshell that Republicans have used to further President-elect Donald Trump's claims that the Justice Department has been weaponized against him and that the Biden family has been crooked for years.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Caravans of cars traveled from Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Virginia and Ohio to clinics here, loading up on pills and prescriptions from crooked doctors selling their prescription pads to anyone with so much as a hangnail.Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
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Crandell, the Harvard physiatrist, is a funny, brainy, and upbeat clinician who treats people with amputations in the Spaulding Rehabilitation Center, a building overlooking Boston Harbor.Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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An Instax camera snaps photos throughout the night, the shots progressively funnier the more nog is consumed.Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Despite missing both of their top scorers — Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner — due to oblique injuries, the Magic mucked the game up early and often.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
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Arch stepped in and started three games this season when Quinn Ewers got hurt and missed time with an oblique injury.Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Still, Miranda’s talents remain an odd match for Disney, leaving Lebo M — a vocalist from the first movie — to elevate the soundtrack once again, reinforcing the connection to Zulu rhythms and chants.Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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Darden Restaurants got an odd price target boost at Morgan Stanley to $193 per share from $188 ahead of Thursday’s earnings.Jim Cramer, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Off-kilter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-kilter. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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