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Definition of malapropos in English: malaproposadverb ˌmalaprəˈpəʊˌmælˌæprəˈpoʊ formal In an inopportune or inappropriate way.
adjective ˌmalaprəˈpəʊˌmælˌæprəˈpoʊ formal Inopportune; inappropriate. these terms applied to him seem to me malapropos Example sentencesExamples - Many discoveries made long time ago seemed malapropos and were forgotten.
- Now Mr. Cohen has a feature-length film with a title as malapropos as Borat's sendup of Kazakhstan.
- Most scholars, however, would probably regard the inclusion of Mormon works on this page (The Book of Mormon, The Pearl of Great Price, and The Doctrine and Covenants) as malapropos.
- Such malapropos wise cracks are driven home with a relentlessly upbeat soundtrack which serenades scenes of human tragedy with bouncy, Disneyesque melodies.
- Is that malapropos statement relevant?
Synonyms inappropriate, unsuitable, inapposite, infelicitous, inapt, unseemly, inopportune, ill-timed, untimely, uncalled for, tactless
Origin Mid 17th century: from French mal à propos, from mal 'ill' + à 'to' + propos 'purpose'. Rhymes aglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou Definition of malapropos in US English: malaproposadverbˌmælˌæprəˈpoʊˌmalˌaprəˈpō formal In an inopportune or inappropriate way.
adjectiveˌmælˌæprəˈpoʊˌmalˌaprəˈpō formal Inopportune; inappropriate. these terms applied to him seem to me malapropos Example sentencesExamples - Is that malapropos statement relevant?
- Many discoveries made long time ago seemed malapropos and were forgotten.
- Such malapropos wise cracks are driven home with a relentlessly upbeat soundtrack which serenades scenes of human tragedy with bouncy, Disneyesque melodies.
- Now Mr. Cohen has a feature-length film with a title as malapropos as Borat's sendup of Kazakhstan.
- Most scholars, however, would probably regard the inclusion of Mormon works on this page (The Book of Mormon, The Pearl of Great Price, and The Doctrine and Covenants) as malapropos.
Synonyms inappropriate, unsuitable, inapposite, infelicitous, inapt, unseemly, inopportune, ill-timed, untimely, uncalled for, tactless
Origin Mid 17th century: from French mal à propos, from mal ‘ill’ + à ‘to’ + propos ‘purpose’. |