out of place as an adjective: - 1
as a adverb: - 1
out of place
adjective
1 out of place
Of an inappropriate or misapplied nature.
synonym: inapposite.
Roget 59:
disorderly,
orderless;
out of order,
out of place,
out of gear;
irregular,
desultory;
anomalous
etc.
(unconformable)
83;
acephalous†,
deranged;
aimless;
disorganized;
straggling;
unmethodical,
immethodical†;
unsymmetric†,
unsystematic;
untidy,
slovenly;
dislocated;
out of sorts;
promiscuous,
indiscriminate;
chaotic,
anarchical;
unarranged
etc.
(arrange)
etc.
60;
confused;
deranged
etc.
61;
topsy-turvy
etc.
(inverted)
218;
shapeless
etc.
241;
disjointed,
out of joint.
troublous†;
riotous
etc.
(violent)
173.
complex
etc.
59.1.
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Roget 83:
uncomformable,
exceptional;
abnormal,
abnormous†;
anomalous,
anomalistic;
out of order,
out of place,
out of keeping,
out of tune,
out of one's element;
irregular,
arbitrary;
teratogenic;
lawless,
informal,
aberrant,
stray,
wandering,
wanton;
peculiar,
exclusive,
unnatural,
eccentric,
egregious;
out of the beaten track,
off the beaten track,
out of the common,
out of the common run;
beyond the pale of,
out of the pale of;
misplaced;
funny.
unusual,
unaccustomed,
uncustomary,
unwonted,
uncommon;
rare,
curious,
odd,
extraordinary,
out of the ordinary;
strange,
monstrous;
wonderful
etc.
870;
unexpected,
unaccountable;
outre [Fr.],
out of the way,
remarkable,
noteworthy;
queer,
quaint,
nondescript,
none such,
sui generis [Lat.];
unfashionable;
fantastic,
grotesque,
bizarre;
outlandish,
exotic,
tombe des nues [Fr.],
preternatural;
denaturalized†.
heterogeneous,
heteroclite [Gramm.],
amorphous,
mongrel,
amphibious,
epicene,
half blood,
hybrid;
androgynous,
androgynal†;
asymmetric
etc.
243;
adelomorphous†,
bisexual,
hermaphrodite,
monoclinous†.
qualified
etc.
469.
singular,
unique,
one-of-a-kind.
newfangled,
novel,
non-classical;
original,
unconventional,
unheard of,
unfamiliar;
undescribed,
unprecedented,
unparalleled,
unexampled.
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Roget 185:
displaced
etc.
v.;
unplaced,
unhoused†,
unharbored†,
unestablished†,
unsettled;
houseless†,
homeless;
out of place,
out of a situation;
in the wrong place.
misplaced,
out of its element.
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Roget 647:
inexpedient,
undesirable;
unadvisable,
inadvisable;
objectionable;
inapt,
ineligible,
inadmissible,
inconvenient;
incommodious,
discommodious†;
disadvantageous;
inappropriate,
unfit
etc.
(inconsonant)
24.
ill-contrived,
ill-advised;
unsatisfactory;
unprofitable
&c.;
unsubservient
etc.
(useless)
645;
inopportune
etc.
(unseasonable)
135;
out of place,
in the wrong place;
improper,
unseemly.
clumsy,
awkward;
cumbrous,
cumbersome;
lumbering,
unwieldy,
hulky†;
unmanageable
etc.
(impracticable)
704;
impedient
etc.
(in the way)
706†.
unnecessary
etc.
(redundant)
641.
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Roget 24:
disagreeing
etc.
v.;
discordant,
discrepant;
at variance,
at war;
hostile,
antagonistic,
repugnant,
incompatible,
irreconcilable,
inconsistent with;
unconformable,
exceptional
etc.
83;
intrusive,
incongruous;
disproportionate,
disproportionated†;
inharmonious,
unharmonious†;
inconsonant,
unconsonant†;
divergent,
repugnant to.
inapt,
unapt,
inappropriate,
improper;
unsuited,
unsuitable;
inapplicable,
not to the point;
unfit,
unfitting,
unbefitting;
unbecoming;
illtimed,
unseasonable,
mal a propos [Fr.],
inadmissible;
inapposite
etc.
(irrelevant)
10.
uncongenial;
ill-assorted,
ill-sorted;
mismatched,
misjoined†,
misplaced,
misclassified;
unaccommodating,
irreducible,
incommensurable,
uncommensurable†;
unsympathetic.
out of character,
out of keeping,
out of proportion,
out of joint,
out of tune,
out of place,
out of season,
out of its element;
at odds with,
at variance with.
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adverb
1 out of place
In a setting where one is or feels inappropriate or incongruous.
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