"akilter" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From a- + kilter?",
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          "text": "All of their gardens had been crushed by winter storms and their corn patches were defeated and all akilter.",
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        "crooked, out of alignment, askew"
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          "askew",
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          "text": "He knew something was wrong by the smell of the house and the sounds and colours of uneasy light that told him the mood of things was all akilter.",
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        "(figuratively) twisted, dysfunctional"
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        "crooked, out of alignment, askew"
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