: proper or usual state or condition : order
out of kilter
Examples of kilter in a Sentence
since I dropped my food processor, it's been all out of kilter
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That means some of the oddball stuff that had a moment toward the end of the Peak TV boom is falling away, sadly — no one’s greenlighting something as off kilter as The OA or Servant these days.
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 21 Feb. 2026
However, Glenn was just a little off kilter and bailed out of the triple loop.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Well, his swing plane is a few degrees off kilter.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Fink’s leadership offers an opportunity to reinvent a conference that critics argue has fallen out of kilter with global trends, a former WEF head of communications added.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 19 Jan. 2026
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 21 Feb. 2026
However, Glenn was just a little off kilter and bailed out of the triple loop.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Well, his swing plane is a few degrees off kilter.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Fink’s leadership offers an opportunity to reinvent a conference that critics argue has fallen out of kilter with global trends, a former WEF head of communications added.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 19 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for kilter
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“Kilter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilter. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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kilter
noun
kil·ter
ˈkil-tər 
: proper condition
the TV is out of kilter
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