completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
If you say that an idea or scheme is cockeyed, you mean that you think it is very unlikely to succeed. She has some cockeyed delusions about becoming a pop star
turned or twisted toward one side; "a youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G K Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
If something is cockeyed, it looks wrong because it is not in a level or straight position. dusty photographs hanging at cockeyed angles on the walls