malapropos

Meaning of malapropos

adverb

in an inopportune or inappropriate way.

adjective
  1. inopportune; inappropriate.
    these terms applied to him seem to me malapropos

mid 17th century: from French mal à propos, from mal ‘ill’ + à ‘to’ + propos ‘purpose’.

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Hyphenation of malapropos

malapro-pos

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • malapropos is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

malapropos synonyms

Meaning inopportunely:

inopportunely

Meaning not suitable or proper in the circumstances:

inappropriate

Meaning not fitting or appropriate:

unsuitable

Meaning out of place; inappropriate:

inapposite

Meaning unfortunate; inappropriate:

infelicitous

Meaning not suitable or appropriate in the circumstances:

inapt

Meaning (of behaviour or actions) not proper or appropriate:

unseemly

Meaning occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time:

inopportune

Meaning (of an event or act) happening or done at an unsuitable time:

untimely

Meaning having or showing a lack of skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues:

tactless

Words that rhyme with malapropos

Anthropos, Atropos, apropos, atropos, inapropos, joropos, micranthropos, misanthropos, proanthropos, propos, theanthropos, unapropos, cheilognathoprosopos, topos

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