out of true
1. Not in the correct position; out of alignment. I can see why you have loose spokes—the rim of your wheel is out of true.
2. old-fashioned By extension, not correct in form or shape. Though the hound was out of true, with a horribly deformed face and a weak, limping gait, it had the friendliest disposition of any stray animal I had ever encountered.
out of true (or the true)
not in the correct or exact shape. 1984 Jonathan Gash The Gondola Scam They all look scarily out of true, and I do mean a terrible angle. Pisa's got one sloper.
ˌout of ˈtrue
if an object is out of true, it is not straight or in the correct position: That picture’s out of true. Can you straighten it up?