Used attributively or predicatively to describe something that is not aligned, balanced, or conventional.
Translations
The photograph was slightly off-kilter on the wall.
Фотография на стене была слегка перекошена.
His off-kilter humor surprised the audience.
Его чудаковатое чувство юмора удивило зрителей.
Definitions
Not properly aligned; askew; out of balance. The photograph was slightly off-kilter on the wall.
Unconventional or eccentric; quirky. His off-kilter humor surprised the audience.
Modifies verbs to mean "in an unbalanced or crooked manner".
Translations
After the sudden jolt, the machinery ran off-kilter.
После резкого толчка механизм работал криво.
Definitions
In an unbalanced, askew, or malfunctioning manner. After the sudden jolt, the machinery ran off-kilter.