Adjective : a malapropos remark. From Dictionary.com.
FSJ's malapropos concerning geography and language is so American!. From Wordnik.com. [Denton re-dentons -- again!] Reference
Treason, it seems, is still considered malapropos by some Democrats. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Right Wing Swiftboating Retired Generals: ‘Dangerous,’ ‘Encouraging the Enemy to Fight On’] Reference
First of all, totally malapropos usage of the Public Enemy lyric quote. From Wordnik.com. [First Negative Dark Knight Review - And Why It's Bullsh*t « FirstShowing.net] Reference
All right, now that we've gotten those out of the way, including the malapropos, shouldn't they be more current?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2007] Reference
I have every confidence that Israel's economy would rank far higher than 20th in your malapropos IMD "stress test" were it not for the war - now in its seventh decade. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
As soon as the man of genius has made a new application of any word in the language, copyists are not wanting to apply it, very malapropos, in twenty places, without giving the inventor any credit. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
For a moment, when the messenger told me the President wished to see me in his office after the others were gone, I thought I was to be called to account for my malapropos speech, but I was relieved when he added. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
You'll have to pardon my cursedly malapropos appearance. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45] Reference
"A caller would come singularly malapropos just now," said he. From Wordnik.com. [Jason] Reference
(perfectly malapropos in the present instance) wise women — by. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Unlike the living bird, however, it never makes answers malapropos. From Wordnik.com. [Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World] Reference
To him the man habitually seemed as malapropos as a spiteful old lady. From Wordnik.com. [Queed] Reference
As far as Mostyn was concerned, this first malapropos meeting indicated the whole evening. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Between, an International Romance] Reference
They were getting out of their car just outside the gates of Uplands -- a most malapropos position!. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Basement Flat] Reference
She took, in this malapropos manoeuvre, the same delight that a child experiences through the consciousness of being engaged in some mischievous wrong. From Wordnik.com. [With the Procession] Reference
Its suggestions were so visionary, its reasoning so fallacious, its assumptions so unwarranted, its conclusions so malapropos, that it falls below critical examination. From Wordnik.com. [A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History] Reference
The malapropos deduction springs here that the demand for repaired old work is greater than that for new in the famous factory, for only six or eight weavers are there occupied. From Wordnik.com. [The Tapestry Book] Reference
All my life I have been so malapropos as to welcome with tears the bride coming to take the place of a wife whom I had loved, and this time the tears had been on the wedding day so abundant. From Wordnik.com. [My day : reminiscences of a long life,] Reference
Bridgie, detained at home by malapropos ailments on the part of the children, wrote urgent letters by daily posts, contradicting herself on every point saving one alone -- the advisability of delay. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of Pixie] Reference
As an editor I couldn’t help but be amused by the comments with typos and malapropos vis. a posting about grammar!. From Wordnik.com. [Misspelled Signs | International Metropolis] Reference
Geektastic, my immediate thought was ‘that sculpture looks a lot like a Klimt painting,’ and I’m glad you caught her in her malapropos referencing. From Wordnik.com. [Regretsy – Nails sold Separately] Reference
No further steps were taken that night, the party of embryo Demosthenes’ being permitted to repair to their several abodes, marvellously discomfited at this malapropos interruption. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph Rashleigh] Reference
Does he do some of those famous malapropos?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Reliable Sources: Veepstakes Reaches Fever Pitch; Former Clinton Aide Charges Hillary with Slur; Did the 'Boston Globe' Overreact in Latest Suspension? - July 22, 2000] Reference
Here, we can say that empowerment is malapropos. From Wordnik.com. [Empowerment] Reference
How malapropos, is it not?. From Wordnik.com. [Letters]
Mrs. Lashmar had a genius for the malapropos. From Wordnik.com. [Our Friend the Charlatan] Reference
"My malapropos friend Montagu again. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45] Reference
"Your attacks do choose the most malapropos times -- --". From Wordnik.com. [Frances Waldeaux] Reference
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