/ ˈkɒkaɪd; NAmE ˈkɑːk-/ adjective ( informal )
1.
not level or straight
SYN crooked :
Doesn't that picture look cockeyed to you?
2.
not practical; not likely to succeed :
a cockeyed scheme to make people use less water
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WORD ORIGIN
early 19th cent.: apparently from the verb cock and eye .