'malapropos' definitions:
Definition of 'malapropos'
(from WordNet)
adverb
At an inconvenient time; "he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner"; "she answered malapropos" [syn: inopportunely, malapropos] [ant: opportunely]
adjective
Of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature [ant: apropos]
Definition of 'malapropos'
From: GCIDE
- malapropos \mal*ap"ro*pos`\, a. & adv. [F. mal [`a] propos; mal evil + [`a] propos to the purpose.] Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'malapropos'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bad,
- futile,
- ill-adapted,
- ill-advised,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-considered,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-matched,
- ill-seasoned,
- ill-sorted,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- impolitic,
- improper,
- inadmissible,
- inadvisable,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- inauspicious,
- incongruous,
- inconvenient,
- inept,
- inexpedient,
- infelicitous,
- inopportune,
- intempestive,
- intrusive,
- irrelevant,
- late,
- mal a propos,
- maladjusted,
- misjoined,
- mismatched,
- mismated,
- misplaced,
- mistimed,
- off base,
- out of character,
- out of joint,
- out of keeping,
- out of line,
- out of phase,
- out of place,
- out of proportion,
- out of season,
- out of time,
- out of tune,
- premature,
- too late,
- too soon,
- unadapted,
- unapt,
- unbecoming,
- unbefitting,
- undesirable,
- undue,
- unfavorable,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfitting,
- unfortunate,
- unhandy,
- unhappy,
- unlucky,
- unmeet,
- unprofitable,
- unpropitious,
- unqualified,
- unready,
- unripe,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsuitable,
- unsuited,
- untimely,
- untoward,
- unwise,
- wrong