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This question may be more about German reference work conventions than about the turn of phrase in the title. (In which case, let the title refer to my current state of mind.)

I found this definition for the turn of phrase in this post's title:

neben der Kappe sein (ugs.): einen schlechten Tag haben, geistig und körperlich nicht gewohnt leistungsfähig sein

I understand what the two parts (separated by the comma) of the definition say, but I cannot make sense of the whole. Usually, I would have expected the second part to be either a qualification of the first, or possibly a paraphrase of it. Here it seems that it's an entirely second meaning, but it is disconcerting that two different meanings are separated by a mere comma. Am I missing something?

FWIW, the two meanings I see are

  1. have a bad day
  2. be mentally and physically unaccustomed to performance (or efficiency)
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    Not the focus of the question, but perhaps anyway interesting - especially when somebody reads this questions in search of the expression "neben der Kappe": I have never heard this being used in standard German (Hochdeutsch). However, it is very common in Swabian dialect, there however pronounced "näbs dr Kapp" / "näbs dr Kapp sai".
    – Christian Geiselmann
    Jul 19 '18 at 11:08
  • Or in Hessian: "Der Kurt ist völlig neber der Kapp, seit em die Gaby weggemacht is." (Source: Mundmische.de)
    – Frank from Frankfurt
    Mar 19 '19 at 12:22
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The Partizip II gewohnt combined with an adjective doesn't mean accustomed to but as … as usual.

nicht gewohnt leistungsfähig

not as performant as usual

And sure, this is a bad day by the German definition.

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