akil·ter
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Definition of akilter
: out of balance or alignment : off-kilter
His lackluster brown eyes were sunk in his skull and his right eye was slanted enough to look akilter and borrowed and slapdash.— Ron Hansen, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, 1983
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“Akilter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/akilter. Accessed 7 May. 2021.
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The first known use of akilter was in 1906
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