Words: kilter [AHED]
NOUN: Good condition; proper form: "policy 'adjustments' designed to bring the ... country's economy back into kilter with the Western economic system" (Edward Zuckerman).
ETYMOLOGY: Origin unknown.
Roget's Thesaurus, 647. Nonpreparation:
UNFITTED, disqualified, unqualified, ill-digested; unbegun, unready, unarranged, unorganized, unfurnished, unprovided, unequipped, untrimmed; out of -gear, - kilter or kelter [colloq.], - order; dismantled &c. v.
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