out of whack
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See also: out-of-whack
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out of whack (comparative more out of whack, superlative most out of whack)
- (colloquial, idiomatic) Wrong, broken; specifically:
- Not in proper balance; unbalanced.
- Our priorities have gotten out of whack.
- Not in proper alignment.
- The floor is so out of whack that the door hits it when opened.
- Not working or operating properly.
- My banged-up left knee is out of whack.
- Not in proper balance; unbalanced.
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- The unhyphenated spelling is usually used predicatively, and the hyphenated spelling usually occurs when the phrase appears before the word it modifies.
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