awry

About 0.67 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adverb Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
2. adverb Perversely, improperly.
3. adjective Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.

   The frame was awry.

4. adjective Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course

   There is something awry with this story.

Similar words

askew crooked lopsided malfunctioning wonky amiss wrong nonfunctional cockeyed haywire

Often followed by

and in with when on because by as at