malapropos
Example Sentences
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You’ll have to pardon my cursedly malapropos appearance.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
I rushed over towards her, and when close was about to say impulsively, “Why did you leave your tomb?” when it suddenly struck me that the question would be malapropos and embarrassing in many ways.
From The Lady of the Shroud by Stoker, Bram
It was a remark that seemed particularly malapropos to the sultry weather, and Constance half expected a burst of laughter at the unexpected sally.
From Constance Dunlap by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
Nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of the hour, except a trifling incident that might be construed as malapropos and post-meridian by the hypercritical.
From Rolling Stones by Henry, O.
Hope, however, though somewhat sobered, was not altogether destroyed by this malapropos discovery, and we still looked forward with an interest but little abated, to the results of a complete survey of our new discovery.
