Meaning & use
cockeyed
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crooked, askew, or not straight; informally, foolish or absurd.
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He wore his hat at a cockeyed angle.
It was a cockeyed plan that was doomed to fail from the start.
A note on using this word
Cockeyed can describe something physically askew or, informally, an idea that is impractical or ridiculous.
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