malapropos

adj
/ˌmælæprəˈpəʊ/

Etymology

From French mal à propos, from mal (“bad, badly”) and à propos (“appropriate, relevant”).

  1. derived from mal à propos

Definitions

  1. out of place

    out of place; inappropriate

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for malapropos. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA