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/ˈkɪltə/ · noun
(chiefly in the negative) Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle..
not in kilter
[T]hey are either round-shouldered, knock-kneed, bow-legged, or parrot-toed; some are also badly cross-eyed. It seems as if they can see two different ways at the same time. Jack says they are lop-sided and out of kilter altogether.
[H]e lived on tinned tomatoes, beef embalmed and sourdough bread, / On rusty beans and bacon furred with mould; / His stomach’s out of kilter and his system full of lead, / But it's over, and his poke is full of gold.
Use kilter when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kilter means (chiefly in the negative) Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
not in kilter
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