malapropos
121incongruous — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Inconsistent] Syn. contradictory, conflicting, incompatible, mismatched, irreconcilable, uncoordinated, unconnected, twisted, incoherent, distorted, unrelated, divergent, discrepant, irregular, unpredictable, shifting,… …
122infelicitous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. inappropriate, unfortunate, awkward, malapropos; see embarrassing , improper 1 , unsuitable . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Characterized by inappropriateness and grace lessness, especially in expression: awkward …
123unapt — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not fitting or suitable] Syn. unfit, out of keeping, inappropriate; see unsuitable . 2. [Not likely] Syn. improbable, not inclined, doubtful; see unlikely . 3. [Not skillful] Syn. slow, dull, unskillful, inept; see dull… …
124inapt — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. see inappropriate II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not suited to circumstances: improper, inappropriate, incongruous, inept, malapropos, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable. Idiom: out …
125unbefitting — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not suited to circumstances: improper, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inept, malapropos, unapt, unbecoming, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable. Idiom: out of place. See AGREE, USUAL. 2. Not in keeping with… …
126malapropism — [19] English owes the word malapropism to Mrs Malaprop, a character in Richard Sheridan’s play The Rivals 1775 whose grandiloquent impulses led her to use slightly (but ludicrously) the wrong word: amongst the most familiar of her errors are… …
127unseasonably — ad. Untimely, at an unsuitable time, unsuitably, malapropos …
128unsuitably — ad. Inappropriately, unfitly, untimely, malapropos …
