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out of whack

PHRASE
broken
Synonyms
STRONGEST
busted defective faulty ruined wrecked
STRONG
dead disabled down gone out shot spent wracked
WEAK
coming unstuck fallen apart feeble gone to pieces haywire imperfect in disrepair in need of repair in the shop inoperable inoperative kaput not functioning on the blink on the fritz out of commission out of kilter out of order run down screwed-up unsatisfactory weak
Antonyms
STRONGEST
perfect repaired
WEAK
fixed working
PHRASE
damaged
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flawed impaired injured run-down
STRONG
bent blemished busted dinged down flubbed gone hurt marred shot snafued spoiled sunk totaled
WEAK
beat-up fouled-up glitched imperfect in need of repair in poor condition in smithereens kaput loused up messed-up mucked up no-go on the blink on the fritz out of action out of kilter screwed-up unsound
Antonyms
STRONGEST
healthy
WEAK
OK fixed mended perfect repaired unbroken undamaged working
PHRASE
disorderly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chaotic disorganized jumbled undisciplined
WEAK
all over the place cluttered confused dislocated heterogeneous indiscriminate irregular mixed-up out of step out-of-control scattered scrambled slovenly topsy-turvy tumult uncombed unkempt unmethodical unrestrained unsystematic untrained
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ordered organized systematic
WEAK
arranged behaved conforming disciplined manageable neat orderly systematized trim well-behaved
PHRASE
haywire
Synonyms
STRONG
berserk nuts psycho screwball
WEAK
amiss amok batty bonkers chaotic confused cracked crazed defective disordered disorganized erratic flipped in a mess in pieces insane mad messy orderless out of order out to lunch screwy touched unbalanced unglued unhinged wacky
PHRASE
on the blink
Synonyms
WEAK
bonkers broken busted defective disabled down fallen apart faulty gone to pieces haywire in disrepair in need of repair in the shop inoperable kaput kerflooey not functioning not working on the fritz on the shelf out out of commission out of kilter out of order run down shot spent wrecked
PHRASE
on the fritz
Synonyms
WEAK
bonkers broken faulty haywire inoperable kerflooey malfunctioning not working on the blink on the bum out of commission out of kilter out of order
PHRASE
out of commission
Synonyms
WEAK
decommissioned down faulty in repair kaput not in service out of kilter out of order
PHRASE
out of order
Synonyms
WEAK
broken faulty haywire in disrepair inoperable kerflooey on the blink on the fritz out of commission out of kilter
PHRASE
unsystematic
Synonyms
WEAK
all over the place chaotic cluttered confused dislocated disorganized heterogeneous indiscriminate irregular jumbled messy mixed up out of line out of step out-of-control scattered scrambled slovenly topsy-turvy tumult uncombed undisciplined unkempt unmethodical unrestrained untrained

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An investigative journalist who has been looking into the Welsh Gender Service for several months said that referrals from the service had been "out of whack" with the rest of the UK.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

“We have a red-flag system here, where if there’s anything that gets really out of whack, they can immediately tag the milk, and it doesn’t go to anything but cheese,” McAfee told me.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

The truth is college sports have always been a little out of whack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

A bright sky is a signal that it’s daytime, so getting that signal at night throws all of that out of whack.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

With her underground senses out of whack, she couldn’t be sure.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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