Usually means: Inappropriate or unsuitable for occasion.
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  1. malapropos: Merriam-Webster
  2. malapropos: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. malapropos: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. malapropos: Collins English Dictionary
  5. malapropos: Vocabulary.com
  6. malapropos: Wordnik
  7. malapropos: Wiktionary
  8. malapropos: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. malapropos: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. malapropos: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Malapropos, malapropos: Dictionary.com
  12. Malapropos: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. malapropos: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. malapropos: Rhymezone
  15. Malapropos: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. malapropos: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. malapropos: FreeDictionary.org
  18. malapropos: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. malapropos: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (malapropos)

▸ adjective:  out of place; inappropriate
▸ adverb:  out of place; inappropriately

Similar:
inopportunely, inapposite, out of place, inappropro, inapropro, malaprop, impropre, incorrect, malapropistic, inappropriate, more...

Opposite:
appropriate, fitting, suitable, relevant, proper

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inopportunely, inapposite, out of place, inappropro, inapropro, malaprop, impropre, incorrect, malapropistic, inappropriate, more...

Opposite:
appropriate, fitting, suitable, relevant, proper



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