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skewjawed

US/ˈskju.d͡ʒɑd/

skewjawed adjective: crooked, misaligned, or disorganized.

Adjective

skewjawed (comparative more skewjawed, superlative most skewjawed)

  1. Crooked, misaligned, or disorganized.
    • Though, after all, it's kinder skewjawed. I'd like tu see the closet It's only shelves, hey?1877, Mary Kyle Dallas, The Grinder Papers, page 130
    • Thinking that something about those stories I used to carry around in my pocket when I was a kid, reading them to shreds, must have been a little skewjawed.1952, Zoe Lund Schiller, A Candle for a Star, page 209

Forms of skewjawed

comparativemore skewjawed
superlativemost skewjawed

Origin of skewjawed

From skew + jawed.

Questions about skewjawed

What does skewjawed mean?
Skewjawed means crooked, misaligned, or disorganized.
What part of speech is skewjawed?
Skewjawed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce skewjawed?
Skewjawed is pronounced /ˈskju.d͡ʒɑd/ (US).

Words near skewjawed in the dictionary

  1. skewfield
  2. skewfields
  3. skewiff
  4. skewing
  5. skewings
  6. skewjawed
  7. skewly
  8. skewness
  9. skewnesses
  10. skewon
  11. skewons

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