Definition of "kilter" []

• Good condition; proper form: "policy 'adjustments' designed to bring the . . . country's economy back into kilter with the Western economic system” ( Edward Zuckerman). (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "My day today is off kilter from the norm, but still busy."
• "I was off-kilter from the start - my alarm didn't go off so I slept in."
• "As for right now, Eastern Standard Time has left us — migrating over one time zone arena. grin Until our new Daylight Savings Times overlords allow things to go back to kilter, that is."