"out of whack" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-out of whack.ogg Forms: more out of whack [comparative], most out of whack [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} out of whack (comparative more out of whack, superlative most out of whack)
  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) Wrong, broken; specifically:
    Not in proper balance; unbalanced.
    Tags: colloquial, idiomatic Synonyms: out-of-whack Related terms: out of true
    Sense id: en-out_of_whack-en-adj-VZdxE5Fx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 28 22 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 18 20 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 17 16 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 21 21 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 67 16 16 0
  2. (colloquial, idiomatic) Wrong, broken; specifically:
    Not in proper alignment.
    Tags: colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-out_of_whack-en-adj-GozqpQ6s
  3. (colloquial, idiomatic) Wrong, broken; specifically:
    Not working or operating properly.
    Tags: colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-out_of_whack-en-adj-xtxNj9Us
  4. (colloquial, idiomatic) Wrong, broken; specifically: Tags: colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-out_of_whack-en-adj-XquBrS21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): a la virulé (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 32 36 32 0

Alternative forms

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