Haywire is a term that is often used to describe something that is out of control. A machine or system that is haywire is not working the way it should, and it is causing a lot of problems.
The chair was haywire and it kept moving.
The computer system was haywire and it was crashing all the time.
adjective
not functioning properly
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adjective
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
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noun
wire for tying up bales of hay
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But this was not a computer gone haywire, but a computer user gone haywire.
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It is about civilization gone haywire.
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It was a cut and paste gone haywire.
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The text on here is going haywire ...
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You're putting the infobox into haywire.
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The start of the trajectory is correct and then it goes haywire.
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Mahone climbs up the silo to meet Haywire.
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The references on the obesity page have gone haywire.
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Besides, even good bots can go haywire.
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Also, the equal signs seem to have gone haywire.