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Definition of kilter in English: kilternoun ˈkɪltəˈkɪltər in phrase out of kilterOut of harmony or balance. 不和谐，失衡 daylight saving throws everybody's body clock out of kilter 夏令时让每个人的生物钟失调了。 Example sentencesExamples - On both sides of the Atlantic, the balance between our lives and our work is dangerously out of kilter.
- But when the two banks amalgamated, it threw the whole religious balance out of kilter.
- ‘It seems out of kilter with public opinion, which seems so concerned about future injustice,’ said one prelate.
- The numbers are out of kilter and the balance is wrong.
- ‘Styles out of kilter with the stately dignified face of Malvern,’ another resident exclaimed.
- House of Lords reform is up for debate next year, council elections need reform, the balance of power is out of kilter, but it's all hotch-potch and hand-to-mouth.
- As we've recently seen, the more likely result is that the balance between security and usability gets knocked out of kilter.
- The balance of poignant to funny material is now a bit out of kilter and I have to get into the premise of the whole thing a lot more quickly.
- But it's funny to hear someone saying something so out of kilter with popular opinion and also I think (not so much in this case) quite a necessary thing.
- Her sentence is nonetheless unduly harsh and rather stupidly unimaginative, as well as completely out of kilter with community expectations.
Synonyms awry, off balance, unbalanced, out of order, not in working order, disordered, confused, disorderly, disorganized, muddled, in poor shape disharmonious, discordant, out of tune, out of step
OriginEarly 17th century: of unknown origin. The word kilter, meaning ‘good condition or order’, emerges in English dialect use in the 17th century, and is recorded in areas from Northumberland to Cornwall. It survives in mainstream language only in the phrase out of kilter, meaning ‘out of balance’.
Rhymesfilter, philtre (US philter), quilter, tilter Definition of kilter in US English: kilternounˈkɪltərˈkiltər in phrase out of kilterOut of harmony or balance. 不和谐，失衡 daylight savings throws everybody's body clock out of kilter 夏令时让每个人的生物钟失调了。 Example sentencesExamples - On both sides of the Atlantic, the balance between our lives and our work is dangerously out of kilter.
- But when the two banks amalgamated, it threw the whole religious balance out of kilter.
- Her sentence is nonetheless unduly harsh and rather stupidly unimaginative, as well as completely out of kilter with community expectations.
- The balance of poignant to funny material is now a bit out of kilter and I have to get into the premise of the whole thing a lot more quickly.
- ‘It seems out of kilter with public opinion, which seems so concerned about future injustice,’ said one prelate.
- The numbers are out of kilter and the balance is wrong.
- But it's funny to hear someone saying something so out of kilter with popular opinion and also I think (not so much in this case) quite a necessary thing.
- As we've recently seen, the more likely result is that the balance between security and usability gets knocked out of kilter.
- House of Lords reform is up for debate next year, council elections need reform, the balance of power is out of kilter, but it's all hotch-potch and hand-to-mouth.
- ‘Styles out of kilter with the stately dignified face of Malvern,’ another resident exclaimed.
Synonyms awry, off balance, unbalanced, out of order, not in working order, disordered, confused, disorderly, disorganized, muddled, in poor shape
OriginEarly 17th century: of unknown origin. |