malapropos
/ˌmælæprəˈpəʊ/
malapropos adjective: out of place; inappropriate.
Adjective
malapropos (comparative more malapropos, superlative most malapropos)
- out of place; inappropriate
Adverb
malapropos (comparative more malapropos, superlative most malapropos)
- out of place; inappropriately
malapropos meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
malapropos in Urdu
- بےجا, بےجوڑ, نامناسب
malapropos in Bengali
- অনুপযুক্ত, বেমানান, বেমানান ভাবে
malapropos in Malayalam
- unsuitable, inappropriate, inapposite
- പറ്റാത്ത, അനുചിതമായ, അസ്ഥാനത്തുള്ള, ശരിയല്ലാത്ത, ചേരാത്ത, യോജിക്കാത്ത
malapropos in Kannada
- ಅಕಾಲಿಕವಾದ, ಸಮಯೋಚಿತವಲ್ಲದ, ಅಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ
Forms of malapropos
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more malapropos |
| superlative | most malapropos |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more malapropos |
| superlative | most malapropos |
Origin of malapropos
From French mal à propos, from mal (“bad, badly”) and à propos (“appropriate, relevant”).
Words formed from malapropos
Questions about malapropos
- What does malapropos mean?
- Malapropos means out of place; inappropriate.
- What is malapropos in Urdu?
- Malapropos in Urdu is بےجا, بےجوڑ, نامناسب. See Malapropos meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is malapropos?
- Malapropos can be an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce malapropos?
- Malapropos is pronounced /ˌmælæprəˈpəʊ/.
Words near malapropos in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: malapropos (page history and authors); malapropos (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malapropos (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malapropos (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); malapropos (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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