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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; ... show more

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; ... show more

Roget 185: displaced etc. v.; unplaced, unhoused, unharbored, unestablished, unsettled; houseless, homeless; out of place, out of a situation; in the wrong place.    ... show more

Roget 647: inexpedient, undesirable; unadvisable, inadvisable; objectionable; inapt, ineligible, inadmissible, inconvenient; incommodious, discommodious; disadvantageous; inappropriate, unfit ... show more

Roget 24: disagreeing etc. v.; discordant, discrepant; at variance, at war; hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with; unconformable, ... show more

adverb

1 out of place

In a setting where one is or feels inappropriate or incongruous.


Moby thesaurus: amiss, askew, awry, bad, cockeyed, convulsed, deranged, disarranged, discomfited, discomposed, disconcerted, dislocated, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, disturbed, futile, haywire, ill-adapted, ill-advised ... show more.

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