malapropos
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature
Related & opposite
- inappropriate also see
- apropos antonym
- appropriateness attribute
- inapposite similar to
Sense 2 adverb
at an inconvenient time
he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner
Related & opposite
- opportunely antonym
- inopportune derived from
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | inappropriate |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | apropos |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | appropriateness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | inapposite |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | opportunely |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | inopportune |