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Out of place
Answer for the clue "Out of place ", 10 letters:
malapropos
Word definitions for malapropos in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. out of place; inappropriate
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature [ant: apropos ] adv. at an inconvenient time; "he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner"; "she answered malapropos" [syn: inopportunely ] [ant: opportunely ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, from French mal à propos "inopportunely, inappropriately," literally "badly for the purpose," from mal (see mal- ) + proposer "propose" (see propose ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
malapropos \mal*ap"ro*pos`\, a. & adv. [F. mal [`a] propos; mal evil + [`a] propos to the purpose.] Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.
Usage examples of malapropos.
She took, in this malapropos manoeuvre, the same delight that a child experiences through the consciousness of being engaged in some mischievous wrong.
Obviously, flashers are not as easy to catch as users who parade around in their malapropos costume.